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海國圖志(12)
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 'Haiguo Tuzhi' (Illustrated Gazetteer of the Maritime Kingdoms) is a massive 100-scroll work. While no complete English translation of the entire text exists, significant excerpts and partial translations have been published in scholarly anthologies and specialized studies, such as Jane Kate Leonard's 1984 work. This edition would represent the first complete translation of the work into English.
Wei Yuan and China's Rediscovery of the Maritime World, trans. Jane Kate Leonard (1984) [partial] source
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Step into a world of ancient empires and modern oil springs as Wei Yuan chronicles the shifting tides of power in Persia and Arabia. Discover how a 19th-century Chinese scholar interpreted the complex rise of Wahhabism, the egalitarian spirit of desert tribes, and the encroaching shadows of European imperialism.
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