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Timothy Brook talks to Jerry Brotton
Mr Selden’s Map of China
Hay Festival 2014,
The author of Vermeer’s Hat discusses his picaresque adventure to decode an ancient map: a journey through Chinese science and folklore, the globalized spice trade, the tides of international exchange, and the disputes of the South China Sea.