Oxford University Press, USA 1997 Reprint Trade paperback Fair [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Writing: SOME ] [ Edition: Reprint ] Publisher: Oxford University Press USA Pub Date: 1/9/1997 Binding: Paperback Pages: 256.

[ Edition: Reprint ]. Fair Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: SOME ] Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Pub Date: 1/9/1997 Binding: Paperback Pages: 256 ISBN 0195112075 9780195112078 [US]

Oxford University Press, Incorporated 1997 Revised ed. Softcover Good Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Oxford University Press, January Date: 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good - Cash. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. 1997. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195112075 9780195112078 [US]

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Oxford University Press, USA, Date: 1997. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1997. Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 0195112075 9780195112078 [US]

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ISBN10: 0195112075, ISBN13: 9780195112078, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Softcover
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, Date: 1996. Paperback. Near Fine. Minor bump to rear top cover corner, otherwise in fine condition. ; 6 1/8 x 9 1/4"; 252 pages. 1996. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195112075 9780195112078 [US]

Oxford University Press 1997 Revised ed. Trade Paperback Used Good Front and back covers have wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with edge or corner wear. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.

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NY: Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 1997. Trade softcover. Published NY: Oxford Univ Pr., 1997. 8vo. wrappers, 252pp., illustrated. Near fine. . Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo. 1997. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0195112075 9780195112078 [US]

Paperback / softback. New. Drawing on eye-witness accounts, official Ming histories, and African, Arab and Indian sources, this work shows readers the inside of China's most illustrious scientific and technological era. It sheds light on the historical and cultural context in which this great civilization thrived. ISBN 0195112075 9780195112078 [GB]

ISBN10: 0195112075, ISBN13: 9780195112078, [publisher: Sydney University Press Jan 1997] Softcover Neuware - A hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire's finest porcelains, lacquerware, and silk ventured to the edge of the world's `four corners.' It was a time of exploration and conquest, but it ended in a retrenchment so complete that less than a century later, it was a crime to go to sea in a multimasted ship. In WhenChina Ruled the Seas, Louise Levathes takes a fascinating and unprecedented look at this dynamic period in China's enigmatic history, focusing on China's rise as a naval power that literally could have ruled the world and at its precipitious plunge into isolation when a new emperor ascended the DragonThrone.During the brief period from 1405 to 1433, seven epic expeditions brought China's `treasure ships' across the China Seas and the Indian Ocean, from Taiwan to the spice islands of Indonesia and the Malabar coast of India, on to the rich ports of the Persian Gulf and down the African coast, China's `El Dorado', and perhaps even to Australia, three hundred years before Captain Cook was credited with its discovery. With over 300 ships - some measuring as much as 400 feet long and 160 feet widewith upwards of nine masts and twelve sails, and combined crews ...
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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Drawing on eye-witness accounts, official Ming histories, and African, Arab and Indian sources, this work shows readers the inside of China's most illustrious scientific and technological era. It sheds light on the historical and cultur ISBN 0195112075 9780195112078 [GB]

New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Date: 1994. 252p., b/w illus., maps, original stiff printed wrappers. 1994. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195112075 9780195112078 [US]

ISBN10: 0195112075, ISBN13: 9780195112078, [publisher: Sydney University Press Jan 1997] Softcover Neuware - A hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire's finest porcelains, lacquerware, and silk ventured to the edge of the world's `four corners.' It was a time of exploration and conquest, but it ended in a retrenchment so complete that less than a century later, it was a crime to go to sea in a multimasted ship. In WhenChina Ruled the Seas, Louise Levathes takes a fascinating and unprecedented look at this dynamic period in China's enigmatic history, focusing on China's rise as a naval power that literally could have ruled the world and at its precipitious plunge into isolation when a new emperor ascended the DragonThrone.During the brief period from 1405 to 1433, seven epic expeditions brought China's `treasure ships' across the China Seas and the Indian Ocean, from Taiwan to the spice islands of Indonesia and the Malabar coast of India, on to the rich ports of the Persian Gulf and down the African coast, China's `El Dorado', and perhaps even to Australia, three hundred years before Captain Cook was credited with its discovery. With over 300 ships - some measuring as much as 400 feet long and 160 feet widewith upwards of nine masts and twelve sails, and combined crews ...
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ISBN10: 0195112075, ISBN13: 9780195112078, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Softcover
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UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover. ISBN 0195112075 9780195112078 [US]