EAST WEST EXPLORATION BY SEA (East Meets West)

by StruanReid (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $10.98

  Relations between Europe and the eastern regions of the world, from the Middle East through India to China have always been strained. This series covers the early explorations to the bustling cities and trade routes that are the foundations of our relationship with the east today.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1993

  $3.25

  Unravelling the history of relations between the East and the West along the great silk and spice routes, this book is on exploration by sea. It is one of a series which promotes this history covering the earliest Chinese explorations to the flowering of cities and civilizations founded on the exchange of ideas and the development of trade. Published in association with UNESCO these books promote a view of the movement of ideas, peoples, trade and cultures that encompass the different perspectives of the people involved at the time. Chinese and Asian opinions of the West are as carefully considered as those of the Europeans and are seen alongside artefacts and archaeological evidence.