The Shogun's Silver Telescope

The Shogun's Silver Telescope
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Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9780198832034
ISBN-13 : 0198832036
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Download or read book The Shogun's Silver Telescope written by Timon Screech and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of two extraordinary gifts from King James I of England to the Shogun of Japan - and what this tells us about says about the seventeenth century England from which they came and the quizzical Asian rulers to whom they were given.


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