Marco Polo (1477)

31.01.2010, 9:09 | ML |   , ,  

The earliest printed edition of Marco Polo’s account was published in German in 1477

Puch des edeln Ritters und landtfarers Marcho Polo, in dem er schreibt die grossen wunderlichen ding dieser welt. Übers. aus dem Ital. (Norimberg, Friedrich Creußner, 1477). 122 pp.

Digitalized: > Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00004552-7 [full … → Continue reading

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M. Boym: Flora Sinensis

17.01.2010, 15:15 | ML |   , , ,  

Boym’s Flora Sinensis from 1656 is one of the first (European) natural history books about China. Although the title suggests a book on Chinese plants, the author included some animals and some plants that are not „Chinese“.

Boym, Michael: Flora Sinensis, fructus floresque humillime porrigens … / emissa in publicum a R.P. Michaele Boym …(Viennae … → Continue reading

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Historia de las cosas más notables, ritos y costumbres del gran reyno de la China

17.01.2010, 14:14 | ML |   , , ,  

One of the earliest printed account was Historia de las cosas más notables, ritos y costumbres del gran reyno de la China by Juan González de Mendoza (c. 1540 – 1617), first published in 1585. For a listing of editions in various languages see Cordier, BS 8-17.

Some editions are avaible online, e.g.

Spanish editions: … → Continue reading

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