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“There is something aesthetically pleasing about trading one engraving - and old map - for another - American money.”

— Sarah Vowell

“The town maps in the 1939 [Michelin] guide were so accurate they were used by the Allied forces in 1944 during the liberation of France.”

— Peter Mayle

“The first Chinese world map to show America was not issued until 1602 – and then by a European missionary!”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The sun came out. It filtered down through the leaves, creating a playful pattern of light and shade that danced before my eyes. The…

— Alice Steinbach

There were no route maps posted on the walls, but a Wonderland-style sign commanding, 'If you know where you are, then please tell others.

— Elizabeth Wein

A water route to Chinese trade replacing the long, arduous Silk Road was a great dream of the Renaissance.

— Mark Kurlansky

“A spectacular novel of colonial China that should put this first-time author on the map.” - Kirkus Reviews”

— Milena Banks

I grew up in the old neighborhood of Beijing where you had a courtyard and trees. Actually, the whole of Beijing was a garden…

— Ma Yansong

“Beijing? Freedom? Oil and water.”

— Victor Robert Lee

“The fact remains, I was never meant to sell china. Only truly saintly men are cut out for that; the sort of men who…

— Guy Vanderhaeghe

“There was a deceptive tangling of alleys that gave the impression of a map that shifted behind you, gargoyles tiptoeing away, stones like puzzle…

— Laini Taylor

“He turned them into real-life versions of an M. C. Escher drawing, automating them to the rafters, with blinking lights on aisles and shelves…

— Brad Stone