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Page 31
... seen it could believe it , but now I mind to confirm the same anew , for the farther we went into the country , the greater we found the rivers . Sometimes we were so far off from the sea , that where we came no sea - fish had been seen ...
... seen it could believe it , but now I mind to confirm the same anew , for the farther we went into the country , the greater we found the rivers . Sometimes we were so far off from the sea , that where we came no sea - fish had been seen ...
Page 106
... seen in many regions , which at first seem to be uninhabited , but on coming nearer them , some very large villages and of many households are to be seen , very well divided into streets , although the streets are commonly narrow ...
... seen in many regions , which at first seem to be uninhabited , but on coming nearer them , some very large villages and of many households are to be seen , very well divided into streets , although the streets are commonly narrow ...
Page 116
... seen of them . Whereas the vessels of the nobles of Peguu are very rich and fair , those who have seen both of them , affirm that those of the Chinas are vastly superior . Towards the side of the Laos and the Bramas , are continually ...
... seen of them . Whereas the vessels of the nobles of Peguu are very rich and fair , those who have seen both of them , affirm that those of the Chinas are vastly superior . Towards the side of the Laos and the Bramas , are continually ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
2 The writers and their narratives 1 | l |
TEXTS I | 3 |
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¹ Cf Amoy vernacular Bay of Amoy bridge C. R. Boxer called Cantam Cantão Canton captains Carstairs Douglas Catálogo Ch'ou-hai-t'u-pien Ch'üan-chou Chang-chou CHAPTER Chekiang China Review Chincheo coast commanded Court Cruz's Dalgado Dictionary Dyer Ball emperor Encyclopedia Sinica Fernão fish Foochow friars Fukien Galeote Pereira Gaspar da Cruz Gaspar de San gates give Glossário Luso-Asiático González de Mendoza governor Hakluyt hath Hobson-Jobson houses India island João de Barros justice King kingdom Kuangsi Kuangtung land leagues likewise Limahon Lisbon Loarca Louteas Louthias magistrates Malacca mandarins Manila Martín de Rada Ming dynasty officers original Ormuz Peking Peter Mundy Philippines pirates Portugals Portuguese principal prisoners province Purchas Rada's region river San Agustín Scythia ships shire side Spaniards Spanish stone streets Tartars Taybin therein thereof Things Chinese Tomé Pires towns trade translation unto Viceroy voyage W. H. Chang walls wherefore