Mr. Selden's Map of China

From the author of the award-winning Vermeer''s Hat, a historical detective story decoding a long-forgotten link between seventeenth century Europe and China.

Timothy Brook''s award-winning Vermeer''s Hat unfolded the early history of globalization, using Vermeer''s paintings to show how objects like beaver hats and porcelain bowls began to circulate around the world. Now he plumbs the mystery of a...