The Asia-Pacific at the JCBLMain MenuThe Asia-Pacific on the Shelves of the John Carter Brown LibraryBibliography of texts, maps, and manuscriptsThe Fifteenth CenturyThe Age of Columbus and Vasco de GamaSixteenth Century EncountersThe Seventeenth CenturyAn age of rogues and adventurers on the high seas.The Nineteenth CenturyModernity and Mature CapitalismVoyage and ExplorationThe Asia-Pacific in MapsDevelopments in cartography and seagoing exploration intertwined to form the sinews of early modern global connectedness.The Jesuits in East AsiaBooks by Spanish AuthorsBooks in English by British AuthorsDescriptions of ChinaJapanTexts printed in or describing JapanCaroline Franka1a5e7e9a2c3dba76ecb2896a93bf66ac8d1635e
The Eighteenth Century
1media/BOWEN EMANUEL NEW & ACCURATE MAP OF ALL THE KNOWN WORLD1752.png2016-01-15T15:46:22-08:00Caroline Franka1a5e7e9a2c3dba76ecb2896a93bf66ac8d1635e53986An age of enlightenment and empireimage_header2016-02-26T13:12:46-08:00Caroline Franka1a5e7e9a2c3dba76ecb2896a93bf66ac8d1635eIn this European age of rational thought, secular fields such as natural philosophy, science, geography, and mathematics displace Christian dogma as the dominant paradigm for interpreting other cultures.