Janus: Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/82 contains:
1	Correspondence with Leo Bagrow of 'Imago Mundi', Stockholm, Sweden, about copies of an early map of the Chinese coast held in his collection and related matters
2	Photographs of an early map of the Chinese coast held in the collection of Leo Bagrow of Stockholm, Sweden
3	Correspondence with J. V. Mills of London, about an article planned for 'Imago Mundi' on Bagrow's map
4	Copy of an article by J. V. Mills entitled 'Three Chinese Maps' published in the 'British Museum Quarterly', (1953)
5	Joseph Needham's original file title

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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Correspondence with Leo Bagrow of 'Imago Mundi', Stockholm, Sweden, about copies of an early map of the Chinese coast held in his collection and related matters
Reference	SCC2/82/1
Creator	Bagrow, Leo; Needham, Joseph.
Covering Dates	7 May 1951–28 Nov. 1951
Extent and Medium	8 sheets; Paper

Content and context

The correspondence consists of 6 letters from Bagrow and copies of 2 replies from Joseph Needham. Bagrow's letters describe the maps, 'one of which was drawn prior to 1744, at which date it was published by Ch'en Lun-ch'iung [??? / Chhen Lun-Chhiung / Chen Lunjiong] with his book 'Hai-kuo wen-chien Lu' [????? / Hai Guo Wen Jian Lu]'. The letters also discuss the writing of an article on the maps for 'Imago Mundi',

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