The Indies of the Setting Sun
How Early Modern Spain Mapped the Far East as the Transpacific West
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Introduction
1 The Map behind the Curtain
2 South Sea Dreams
3 Pacific Nightmares
4 Shipwrecked Ambitions
5 Pacific Conquests
6 The Location of China
7 The Kingdom of the Setting Sun
8 The Anxieties of a Paper Empire
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Asian Studies: East Asia
Geography: Cultural and Historical Geography
History: Discoveries and Exploration
Literature and Literary Criticism: Romance Languages
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