South China in the Sixteenth Century (1550-1575) Being the Narratives of Galeote Pereira, Fr. Gaspar Da Cruz, O.P. , Fr. Martin De Rada, O.E.S.A., (1550-1575) - Hakluyt Society, Second Series

C.R. Boxer (editor)

1st edition

Hardback (28 Jul 2010)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Translations, the first based largely on that in Richard Willes, History of Travayle in the West and East Indies (1577), the second derived from Purchas his Pilgrimes (1624), the third by the editor from three sixteenth-century Spanish versions. With appendices on various matters, including a Chinese glossary and a table of Chinese dynasties and emperors. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1953.

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Book information

ISBN:	9781409414728
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	28 Jul 2010
Edition:	1st edition
DEWEY:	951.026
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	504
Weight:	1054g
Height:	241mm
Width:	167mm
Spine width:	38mm