Scope and Contents The congress was held in Lisbon from 4 Sep. to 12 Sep. 1960 under the auspices of the Portuguese Government. The file includes Joseph Needham’s handwritten notes, typescript drafts of his lectures ‘The Chinese Contribution to the Development of the Mariner’s Compass’ and ‘The Chinese Contributions to Vessel Control,’ correspondence and administrative papers. It includes 2 letters from Dorothy Needham to Joseph Needham dated 10 Sep. 1960 and 11 Sep. 1960, souvenir postcards of Lisbon and 5...