A History of the World in 100 Objects (91 page)

Boyle, Godfrey,
Renewable Energy
(2nd edn, Oxford 2004)

Grimshaw
,
David J., and Sian Lewis, ‘Solar Power for the Poor: Facts and Figures’, 24th March 2010:
www.scidev.net/en/features/solar-power-for-the-poor-facts-and-figures-1.html

p. 43
Randall-MacIver, David, and Arthur Mace,
El Amrah and Abydos 1899–1901: Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund 23
(London, 1902)

p. 52
Tedlock, D.,
Popul Vuh
(2nd edn; London, 1996)

p. 230
Plautus,
Curculio
, translated in Dyfri Williams,
The Warren Cup
(London, 2006)

p. 243
Fray Diego Duran,
Book of the Gods and Rites and the Ancient Calendar
, translated and edited Fernando Horcasitas and Doris Heyden (Oklahoma, 1971), p. 316

p. 268
Romantic Legends of Sakya Buddha: A Translation of the Chinese Version of the Abhiniskramana Sutra
, Samuel Beal (original edition1875; reprinted Kila, MT, 2003), p. 130

p. 321
Hsuan-tang,
Great Tang Records of the Western Regions
, translated in Aurel Stein,
Sand-Buried Ruins of Ancient Khotan
(London, 1904; reprinted New Delhi, 2000), p. 229

p. 324
Stein, Aurel,
Sand-Buried Ruins of Ancient Khotan
(London, 1904; reprinted New Delhi, 2000), P. 251

p. 328
Stephens, John Lloyd,
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan
(New York, 1841)

p. 330
Diego de Landa,
Relación De Las Cosas De Yucatán,
translated in William Gates,
Yucatan Before and After the Conquest
(New York, 1978)

p. 333
Haddawy, H. (trans.),
The Arabian Nights: Based on the Text Edited by Muhsin Mahdi
(New York, 2008), p. 153

p. 336
Al-Shābushti, Abūal-Hasan Ali b. Muhammad,
Kitāb al-Diyārāt
, ed. K. ‘Awwād (Baghdad, 1986), pp. 160–61; translated in Alastair Northedge, ‘The Palaces of the Abbasids at Samarra’, in Chase F. Robinson (ed.),
A Medieval Islamic City Reconsidered: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Samarra
, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art XIV (Oxford, 2001), 29–67

p. 338
Ibn al-Mu’tazz, ‘Abd Allah,
Dīwān
(Cairo, 1977), vol. 2, p. 217; translated in Julie Scott-Meisami, ‘The Palace Complex as Emblem: Some Samarran Qaşīdas’, in Chase F. Robinson (ed.),
A Medieval Islamic City Reconsidered: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Samarra
, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art XIV (Oxford, 2001), 69–78

p. 341
The Chronicle of Waulsort,
translated in Genevra Kornbluth,
Engraved Gems of the Carolingian Empire
(Pennsylvania, 1995), p. 33

p. 344
Sedulius Scottus,
De Rectoribus Christianis
, translated in Genevra Kornbluth,
Engraved Gems of the Carolingian Empire
(Pennsylvania, 1995), p. 47

p. 364
Ibn Fadlan, Ahmad,
Kitāb ilā Mulk al-Saqāliba,
translated in J. Brønsted,
The Vikings
(London, 1960), p. 265

p. 373
Ōkagami, the Great Mirror: Fujiwara Michinaga (966–1027) and His Times,
translated Helen Craig McCullough (Princeton, 1980), p. 86

p. 375
From the diary of Murasaki Shikidu’, translated in Annie Shepley Omori and Koci Doi,
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
(Boston, 1920)

p. 380
Raffles, Thomas Stamford,
The History of Java
, vol. 2 (1817)

p. 387
Corrêa, Gaspar,
The Three Sea Voyages of Vasco de Gama
(London, 18690, pp. 291–2

p. 395
Clancy, T. O.,
The Triumph Tree: Scotland’s Earliest Poetry
AD
550–1350
(Edinburgh, 1998), p. 288

p. 420
Bartolomé de las Casas,
Historia de las Indias,
translated in Jose R. Oliver,
Caciques and Cemi Idols
(Tuscaloosa, 2009), p. 83

p. 446
Bernardino de Sahagún,
Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España
(1550), translated as
Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain
, by C. E. Dibble and A. J. O. Andrerseon (Salt Lake City, 1950–82), vol. 1, p. 23

p. 468
Translated in Felicia J. Hecker, ‘A fifteenth-century Chinese Diplomat in Herat’,
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
, third series, 3 (1993), 85–98

p. 474
Garcilaso de la Vega (‘el Inca’),
Comentarios reales de los Incas
(1609), translated as: H. V. Livermore,
Royal Commentaries of the Incas and general History of Peru
(Austin, 1966), vol. 1, pp. 360–62

p. 475
Ibid., p. 550

p. 486
Antonio Sanfelice, translated in Silvio A. Bendini,
The Pope’s Elephant
(Manchester, 1997), p. 129

p. 494
Translated in J. J. Leopold, ‘The Construction of Schlottheim’s Nef’, in J, Fritsch (ed.),
Ships of Curiosity: Three Renaissance Automata
(Paris, 2001), at pp. 68–9

pp. 499
–
500
Dapper, Olfert,
Description of Benin
, translated in Henry Ling Roth,
Great Benin: Its Customs, Arts and Horrors
(Halifax, 1903), p. 160

p. 501
Read, C. H., and O. M. Dalton, ‘Works of Art from Benin City’,
Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
, 27 (1898), 362–82

p. 507
(1) Bernal Díaz del Castillo,
The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico
, translated A. P. Maudslay (New York, 1956), p. 190

p. 507
(2) Fray Diego Durán,
Historia de las Indias de Nueva Espana, y Islas de la Tierra Firme
, translated in Michael E. Smith, ‘The Role of Social Stratification in the Aztec Empire: A View from the Provinces’,
American Anthropologist
, 88 (1986), 70–91

p. 513
Letter of Filippo Sassetti, translated in R.W. Lightbown, ‘Oriental Art in Late Renaissance and Baroque Italy’
, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes,
32 (1969), pp. 228–79

p. 518
Alvaro Alonso Barba,
El Arte de los Metales
(The Art of Metals) (1640) translated in
A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Treatises Upon Metals, Mines, and Minerals
(1738, reprinted 2008)

p. 518
–
19
Capoche, Luis,
Relación general de la Villa Imperiale de Potosi
(1585), translated in P. Vilar,
A History of Gold and Money
(London, 1991), p. 127

P. 522
Gonsalez de Cellorigo,
Memorial de la Politica necesaria y util a la Republica de Espana
(Valladolid, 1600) translated in Jon Cowans,
Early Modern Spain: A Documentary History
(Philadelphia, 2003), pp.133–41

p. 535
The Tūzuk-i-Jahangiri, or Memoirs of Jahangir
, translated Alexander Rogers (London, 1909–14), vol. 1, p. 37

p. 535
–
6
(1)
The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 1615–1619, as Narrated in His Journal and Correspondence
, edited by William Foster (London, 1899), vol. 2., p. 382

p. 536
(2)
The Tūzuk-i-Jahangiri, or Memoirs of Jahangir
, translated by Alexander Rogers (London, 1909–14), vol. 1, p. 355

p. 548
–
9
Letter of Juan de Zumàrraga, translated in Martin Austin Nesvig, ‘The “Indian Question” and the Case of Tlatelolco’, in Martin Austin Nesvig (ed.),
Local Religion in Colonial Mexico
(Alburquerque, 2006), p. 79

p. 558
John Locke,
A Letter Concerning Toleration
(Huddersfield, 1796), pp. 9–10

p. 563
–
4
Chambers, Ephraim,
Cyclopaedia; or An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
(London, 1728), vol. 2, p. 623

p. 570
–
71
Samwell, David,
A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook
(London, 1786)

p. 575
Published in American State Papers,
Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States from the Second Session of the Eleventh to the Third Session of the Thirteenth Congress Inclusive, Class ii: Indian Affairs
(Washington, 1834), pp. 339–40

p. 577
Diagram from Lewis, G. Malcom, ‘An Early Map of Skin of the Area Later to Become Indiana and Illinois’,
British Library Journal
, 22 (1996), 66-87

p. 602
Johnson, Samuel, ‘Review of “A Journal of Eight Days Journey” ’,
The Literary Magazine,
2, no.13 (1757)

p. 603
English translation of Geijer quoted in Alan and Iris Macfarlane,
Green Gold: The Empire of Tea
(London, 2003), pp. 71–2

p. 605
H. Evershed, ‘The Farming of Surrey’,
Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
, 1st series, 14 (1853), pp. 402–3

p. 611
Online source:
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/modernhist/perry.html#document

p. 621
–
2
‘Scrapbook for 1912: Vera Brittain Introduces Dame Ethel Smyth’,
National Programme
(BBC, first broadcast 9 March 1937)

p. 623
Female Suffrage: A Letter from the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M. P. to Samuel Smith, M. P.
(London, 1892)

p. 624
(1) Transcript of a speech made by Christabel Pankhurst, 1908 (Copyright © British Library)

p. 624
(2) Mary Richardson quoted in ‘
National Gallery Outrage. Suffragist Prisoner in Court. Extent of Damage’,
The Times, 11 March 1914

p. 631
Letter from the State Porcelain Factory, 4 June 1920, translated in Tamara Kudryavtseva,
Circling the Square: Avant-garde Porcelain from Revolutionary Russia
(London, 2004), p. 27

p. 637
Cavafy, Constantine, ‘In the Dreary Village’, translated by John Mavrogordato (London, 1974)

p. 638
Hockney, David,
Hockney by Hockney
(London, 1979), p. 23

p. 167
(tomb of Cyrus) copyright © Robert Harding Picture Library Ltd / Alamy

p. 189
(La Venta) copyright © Danita Delimont / Alamy

p. 246
(Two ballplayers at the court of King Charles V, by Christoph Weiditz (1528)) photograph courtesy of Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

p. 275
(Neasden temple) copyright © David Churchill /
arcaidimages.com

p. 381
(Borobodur) copyright © ImageState / Alamy

p. 383
(ship detail from Borobodur) copyright © Wolfgang Kaehler / Alamy

p. 429
(Sainte-Chapelle window) photograph Bernard Acloque copyright © Centre des monuments nationaux, Paris

p. 526
(interior of cathedral at Isfahan) copyright ©
Arkreligion.com
/ Michael Good

p. 529
(detail of mosque at Isfahan ) copyright ©
Arkreligion.com
/ Tibor Bognar

p. 551
(pilgrims at Virgin of Guadalupe) copyright © Juan Barreto / AFP / Getty Images

p. 588
(the Qianlong emperor) reproduced courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing

p. 590
(the Qianlong emperor’s white bowl) reproduced courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing

p. 625
(50p coin) reproduced by courtesy of the Royal Mint

A History of the World in 100 Objects
has been created in partnership with BBC Radio 4. Without Mark Damazer’s championing, this project would not have happened. I would like to extend my warmest thanks to him.

I am grateful to Jane Ellison, Commissioning Editor at Radio 4 and Joanna Mackle, Director of Public Engagement at the British Museum, for bringing the BBC and BM together to realize the full potential of this ambitious project, not just on Radio 4. My extended thanks to Rob Ketteridge and the BBC editorial and production team in the Documentaries Unit, BBC Audio & Music Production – Philip Sellars, Anthony Denselow, Paul Kobrak, Rebecca Stratford, Jane Lewis and Tamsin Barber – for bringing the programmes to life so vividly on radio.

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A History of the World in 100 Objects
has been in every sense a team effort, which would not have been possible without the knowledge and skills, hard work and dedication of many colleagues. This book is the culmination of many people’s work, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank those who were most closely connected with the project. For their extensive curatorial research and guidance: J. D. Hill, Barrie Cook and Ben Roberts; for working closely with me and the curatorial team in shaping the scripts for broadcast on which these chapters are based, Patricia Wheatley; for managing the
History of the World
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