Download or read book The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof written by Martín Ignacio de Loyola and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof written by Juan González de Mendoza and published by Burt Franklin. This book was released on 1854 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The History of the great and mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof written by R.H. Major and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1588 black-letter edition, after the 1586 Madrid edition. The supplementary material includes the 1852 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1853.
Download or read book The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof written by Sir George Thomas Staunton and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The English Renaissance Orientalism and the Idea of Asia written by D. Johanyak and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-03-29 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of essays examines the complex significations of 'Asia' in the literary and cultural production of Early Modern England. Contributors come from a range of backgrounds to bring a range of perspectives to this topic.
Download or read book South China in the Sixteenth Century 1550 1575 written by C.R. Boxer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Lost Samurai written by Stephen Turnbull and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An inherently fascinating, impressively well written, exceptionally informative, and meticulously detailed history” of Japanese overseas mercenaries (Midwest Book Review). The Lost Samurai reveals the greatest untold story of Japan’s legendary warrior class, which is that for almost a hundred years Japanese samurai were employed as mercenaries in the service of the kings of Siam, Cambodia, Burma, Spain and Portugal, as well as by the directors of the Dutch East India Company. The Japanese samurai were used in dramatic assault parties, as royal bodyguards, as staunch garrisons and as willing executioners. As a result, a stereotypical image of the fierce Japanese warrior developed that had a profound influence on the way they were regarded by their employers. While the Southeast Asian kings tended to employ samurai on a long-term basis as palace guards, their European employers usually hired them on a temporary basis for specific campaigns. Also, whereas the Southeast Asian monarchs tended to trust their well-established units of Japanese mercenaries, the Europeans, while admiring them, also feared them. In every European example a progressive shift in attitude may be discerned from initial enthusiasm to great suspicion that the Japanese might one day turn against them, as illustrated by the long-standing Spanish fear of an invasion of the Philippines by Japan accompanied by a local uprising. During the 1630s, when Japan chose isolation rather than engagement with Southeast Asia, it left these fierce mercenaries stranded in distant countries never to return: lost samurai indeed!
Download or read book Ancient Beijing and Western Civilization written by Zhesheng Ouyang and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-29 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the historical interactions between Beijing and the West before the Opium War. It focuses on the experiences of Western travellers, missionaries, and envoys who visited Beijing during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. As the capital of Imperial China since the Yuan dynasty, Beijing has been central to communication between China and the West. The study uses first-hand historical materials such as travelogues, memoirs, letters, Ming and Qing archives, and scholarly works from both the West and China. It examines their journeys to Beijing, their lives in the city, and their interactions with imperial officials and ordinary people. The book reconstructs Western perceptions of Beijing and their observations of its architecture, customs, geography, and China's history, culture, and political system. It also addresses important historical issues in Sino-Western relations, including the controversy over Chinese rites between Beijing and the Vatican, attempts to trade with Beijing, sinological studies, and intelligence gathering. The insights gained greatly enhance our understanding of the history of cultural exchange between China and the West. The book will appeal to a wide readership interested in the history of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the history of Beijing, Sino-Western relations, and international Sinology.
Download or read book The Making of the Global Yijing in the Modern World written by Benjamin Wai-ming Ng and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents an ambitious effort to bring leading Yijing scholars together to examine the globalisation and localisation of the 'Book of Changes' from cross-cultural and comparative perspectives. It focuses on how the Yijing has been used to support ideologies, converted into knowledge, and assimilated into global cultures in the modern period, transported from the Sinosphere to British, American and French cultural traditions, travelling from East Asia to Europe and the United States. The book provides conceptualised narratives and cross-cultural analyses of the global popularisation and local assimilation of the Yijing, highlighting the transformation and application of the Yijing in different cultural traditions, and demonstrating how it acquired different meanings and took on different roles in the context of a global setting. In presenting a novel contribution to understandings of the multifaceted nature of the Yijing, this book is essential reading for scholars and students interested in the 'Classic of Changes'. It is also a useful reference for those studying Chinese culture, Asian philosophy, East Asian studies, and translation studies.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Corporation of the City of London Instituted in the Year 1824 M Z and additions to June 1889 written by Guildhall Library (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Duarte Barbosa An Account of the Countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their Inhabitants written by Mansel Longworth Dames and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Translated from the Portuguese Text First Published in 1812 A.D. by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon, in Vol. II of its Collection of Documents regarding the History and Geography of the Nations beyond the Seas', edited and annotated. With a translation of chapter 2, the history of Rander, from Narmashankar's 'Principal events of Surat'. Continued in Second Series 49. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1918. Owing to technical constraints part of Diego Ribero's Map of the World, 1529, known as the Second Borgian Map, is not included.
Download or read book The Book of Duarte Barbosa Including the coasts of Malabar eastern India further India China and the Indian archipelago written by Duarte Barbosa and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the Guildhall Library of the City of London written by Guildhall Library (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliography of the Philippine Islands written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliography of the Philippine Islands A list of books with references to periodicals on the Philippine Islands in the Library of Congress by A P C Griffin with chronological list of maps in the Library of Congress by P Lee Phillips written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
