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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/123/2 contains:
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5 Joseph Needham's notes on Chinese maps seen at the Royal Geographical Society
6 Brief notes on a globe held at the Indian Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
7 Correspondence with Helen Wallis of the Department of Printed Books, British Museum, originally accompanying a copy of her article on Sir Percival David's 17th century Chinese terrestrial globe
8 Letter from N. Mikoletzky of the Institut für Völkerkunde Der Universität München, Germany, about the 17th century Rosthorn Chinese Globe held at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry, Vienna, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
9 Envelope containing photographs of the 17th century Chinese 'Rosthorn' Globe held at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry, Vienna, and related notes
10 Envelope containing photographs of a 1623 Chinese black lacquer globe belonging to Sir Percival David, and related letters
11 Letter from Helen Wallis of the British Museum, about her lecture on the 'Influence of Matteo Ricci on Far-Eastern Cartography' to be given at a Symposium on the History of Cartography
12 Correspondence relating to a blue and white Nanking vase (c. 1640) held at Scone Palace at Perth, Scotland, showing a Chinese emperor with terrestrial globe
13 Two Joseph Needham memoranda noting points for inclusion in a section on terrestrial globes
14 Manuscript draft pages from the section of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 3' entitled 'Terrestrial globes'
15 Related bibliographical reference
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Envelope containing photographs of a 1623 Chinese black lacquer globe belonging to Sir Percival David, and related letters
Reference SCC2/123/2/10
Creator David, Percival; Wallis, Helen.
Covering Dates 21 Mar. 1956
Extent and Medium 8 pieces; Photograph and paper
Content and context

The correspondents are Sir Percival David; Helen Wallis of the Department of Printed Books, British Museum.

Index Terms
Wallis, Helen Margaret (1924-1995) map curator of the British Library
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