Avoiding the dire straits
Subtitle: an inquiry into food provisions and scurvy in the maritime and military history of China and wider East Asia
By: Mathieu Torck.
Series: East Asian economic and socio-cultural studies; East Asian maritime history -- 5; East Asian economic and socio-cultural studies; East Asian economic and socio-cultural studies -- 5.
Publisher: Harrassowitz; Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9783447058728
Subjects: Food supply -- China -- History; Food supply -- East Asia -- History; Scurvy -- China -- History; Sailors -- Nutrition -- China -- History; China -- History, Naval
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index.