Asian Travel in the Renaissance (Renaissance Studies Special Issues)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: June 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781405111607
Subjects: Geographical discovery & exploration; International trade; Places & peoples: general interest; World history: c 1500 to c 1750; World history: c 500 to C 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; History: World; Europeans; History; History - General History; Travel; Social History; Medieval; Asia - General; Reference; 17th century; ASIA; Travelers' writings, European
First sentence: Perhaps inevitably, the story of European expansion in the early modern period has concentrated to a large extent, both in the public imagination and in academic inquiry, on voyages to the 'New World' and their aftermath.