China through the Eyes of the West: From Marco Polo to the Last Emperor

Title

China through the Eyes of the West: From Marco Polo to the Last Emperor

Subject

China -- Relations -- Europe. Europe -- Relations -- China. China -- History. China -- Description and travel. China -- In art.

Description

China Revealed presents the history of the relationships between Europe and the Celestial Empire of classical antiquity, from the time when the caravans began to bring a divine fabric known as silk to the shores of the Mediterranean from the far off, mysterious East, up to the fall of the Manchu Dynasty in 1911.

Creator

Guadalupi, Gianni

Publisher

White Star S.r.l.

Date

2004

Type

DS740.5 .E85 G8313

Identifier

2003.500.540

Collection