1688 - A Global History

Secondhand copy, a bit scruffy.

1688 sets out a picture of the world over just one extraordinary year. This was a time when only a few travellers and merchants were aware of societies and countries beyond their own. In snapshots of places as diverse as the Chinese court, Britain during the Glorious Revolution, Ottoman Turkey, the kingdom of Siam and aboriginal Australia, 1688 reflects the variety, splendour and strangeness of the human condition...