Publication Title: ‘New and Improved View of the Comparative Heights of the Principal Mountains and Lengths of the Principal Rivers In The World, The whole Judiciously arranged from the various Authorities Extant’.

Publisher: William Darton

Author: WR Gardner

Date: 1823

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One thing I hate about Chinese history textbooks is it’s all textual conclusion about imperial politics, never micro-history nor non-text material like graphics or actual paintings.

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