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Page lxiii
... writing . It is difficult to account for these omissions , especially considering the comparative fulness with which ... writers who are usually credited with first revealing China to Europe . It might , perhaps , be going too far to ...
... writing . It is difficult to account for these omissions , especially considering the comparative fulness with which ... writers who are usually credited with first revealing China to Europe . It might , perhaps , be going too far to ...
Page lxiv
... writers was doubtless its rarity . Published in Portugal in the great plague year , it never seems to have circu- lated widely . I have only been able to trace the undermentioned ten recorded copies at the time of writing , and it will ...
... writers was doubtless its rarity . Published in Portugal in the great plague year , it never seems to have circu- lated widely . I have only been able to trace the undermentioned ten recorded copies at the time of writing , and it will ...
Page 73
... writing that the Chinas have , although their speech be different ; and while they can understand each other in writing , they cannot understand each other's speech . And do not let anyone think that I am deceiving him , because in ...
... writing that the Chinas have , although their speech be different ; and while they can understand each other in writing , they cannot understand each other's speech . And do not let anyone think that I am deceiving him , because in ...
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