The Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms…

November 1843 CE

The Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms (海國圖志, Hǎiguó Túzhì) compiled by Wei Yuan and others, the first significant Chinese work on the West, is published in China on January 3, 1843.

Based on initial translations ordered by Special Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu, the Treatise is  and one of China's initial responses to the Anglo-Chinese First Opium War (1839–1842).

Eventually stretching to one hundred juan, or scrolls, the treatise contains numerous maps and much geographical detail covering both the western and eastern hemispheres.

Wei's book will also garner significant interest in Japan and will help mold the country's foreign policy with respect to the West.

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