The East Asian World System. Climate and Dynastic Change. By Eugene N. Anderson. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019; xii + 248 pages. Series title: World-Systems Evolution and Global Futures. ISBN 978-3-030-16869-8 (hardback); 978-030-16870-4 (eBook). book-review Roderich Ptak Journal of Asian History, Jahrgang 54 (2020), Ausgabe 2, Seite 355 - 359
The Historical Value of the Work Lingwai daida by Zhou Qufei. By Victoria Almonte. Canterano (RM): Aracne editrice, 2020; 236 pages. Some tables and maps; Chinese text from chapters 2 and 3 of the Lingwai daida, colored. ISBN 978-88-255-2894-7 (paperback). book-review Roderich Ptak Journal of Asian History, Jahrgang 54 (2020), Ausgabe 2, Seite 347 - 351
Aomenxue yanjiu zhuzuo shumu (1500-1999) 澳门学研究著作书目 (1500-1999) [English title on cover and title page: Bibliography of the Macaology (1500-1999); sic]. By Ye Nong 叶农 (编著). Guangzhou: Guangdong renmin chubanshe 2018; [8] + 30 + 332 pages. Series title: Aomenxue yanjiu congshu 澳门学研究丛书. ISBN 978-7-218-12329-5. book-review Roderich Ptak Journal of Asian History, Jahrgang 54 (2020), Ausgabe 2, Seite 351 - 354
Bernsteinglanz und Perlen des Schwarzen Drachen: Die Geschichte der chinesischen Weinkultur. By Peter Kupfer. [4] + ii + 412 pages + CD-ROM. More than 150 illustrations, nearly all in color, including maps. Series: Deutsche Ostasienstudien, 26. Gossenberg: Ostasien Verlag, 2019. ISBN 978-3-946114-28-4 (hardback). book-review Roderich Ptak Journal of Asian History, Jahrgang 54 (2020), Ausgabe 1, Seite 185 - 191
Wang Jinghong yanjiu 王景弘研究 by Zhangping shi Wang Jinghong yanjiuhui 漳平市王景弘研究会 (ed.). [4 pages of colored illustrations] + iv + iv + 307 pages. Series: Zheng He yanjiu congshu 郑和研究丛书. Beijing: Haiyang chubanshe, 2019. ISBN 978-7-5210-0353-6 book-review Roderich Ptak Journal of Asian History, Jahrgang 54 (2020), Ausgabe 1, Seite 200 - 206
Cowrie Shells and Cowrie Money: A Global History. By Bin Yang. xiv + 292 pages. Some tables, maps and illustrations. Series: Routledge Approaches to History. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2019. ISBN 978-1-138-59321-3 (hardback), 978-0-429-48958-7 (e-book). book-review Roderich Ptak Journal of Asian History, Jahrgang 54 (2020), Ausgabe 1, Seite 191 - 196
Zhongguo yanhai jiangyu lishi tulu 中国沿海疆域历史图录. Edited by Fang Kun 方堃, Wang Ying 王颖 and Liang Chunhui 梁春晖 (editors and authors). 7 vols. Hefei: Huangshan shushe, 2016. Note: The individual volumes, all hardcover and all with colored and black-and-white illustrations, give the year 2017 (not 2016) as date of publication. The collection is divided into four parts (not numbered), each with a subtitle, separate pagination and a separate ISBN number: (1) Zongjuan 总卷 (=2 vols.), [4]+18+4+499 p.; ISBN 978-7-5461-6225-6. (2) Huang Bohai juan 黄渤海卷 (=2 vols.), [4]+18+3+553 p.; ISBN 978-7-5461-6228-7. (3) Donghai juan 东海卷 (=2 vols.), [4]+18+3+491 p.; ISBN 978-7-5461-6227-0. (4) Nanhai juan 南海卷 (=1 vol.), [4]+18+2+189 p.; ISBN 978-7-5461-6226-3. book-review Roderich Ptak Journal of Asian History, Jahrgang 54 (2020), Ausgabe 1, Seite 197 - 200
Selected Problems Concerning the “Zheng He Map”: Questions without Answers research-article Roderich Ptak Journal of Asian History, Jahrgang 53 (2019), Ausgabe 2, Seite 179 - 214
Aomen Wangxia cun yanjiu 澳门望厦村研究 (English title on cover and title page: Studies on the Village of Mong-Ha in Macao). By Lin Faqin 林发钦 [6] + 14 + 4 + 4 + 234 pages. Some tables, maps and illustrations. Series title: Aomenxue yanjiu congshu 澳门学研究丛书. Guangzhou: Guangdong renmin chubanshe 2018. ISBN 978-7-218-12315-8. RMB 49,80 book-review Roderich Ptak Journal of Asian History, Jahrgang 53 (2019), Ausgabe 2, Seite 330 - 337
Picturing Commerce in and from the East Asian Maritime Circuits, 1550–1800. Edited by Tamara H. Bentley. 303 pages, 28 coloured plates, 68 black-and-white figures (incl. some maps), index. Series: Visual and Material Culture, 1300–1700. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019; ISBN 978-94-6298-467-7 book-review Roderich Ptak Journal of Asian History, Jahrgang 53 (2019), Ausgabe 2, Seite 337 - 342