American scholars conducted investigations on the Chinese book Shan Hai Jing

Pale Ink is an academic work by Henriette Mertz (1898-1985), an American lawyer, patent agent, and ancient historian who argued in her book that Shan Hai Jing described the geography of the America. She set off on a journey to investigate the mountains according to the book, just like an ancient Chinese traveler, with a backpack and her own two feet to measure and survey.