Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms
海國圖志(31)
Chinese
Europeans c. 1830s · published 1844
94 pages
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 'Haiguo Tuzhi' (Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms) is a massive 100-chapter work of 19th-century Chinese geography and statecraft. While scholarly searches in Google Books and local catalogs identify significant partial translations and analytical studies—most notably Jane Kate Leonard's 'Wei Yuan and China's Rediscovery of the Maritime World' (1984)—no record of a complete, full-text English translation of the entire work was found. Existing English versions are limited to excerpts in historical sourcebooks and thematic selections in academic monographs.
Related translations found:
Wei Yuan and China's Rediscovery of the Maritime World, trans. Jane Kate Leonard (Author/Translator of excerpts) (1984) [partial] source
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Step into the 19th-century Chinese mind as visionary scholar Wei Yuan dissects the rise of the 'Single Eagle' and the maritime secrets of the North. Discover how Prussia transformed from a minor vassal into a global superpower and why the strategic straits of Scandinavia held the keys to European dominance.
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