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Samuel Turner: An account of an embassy to the court of the teshoo lama, in Tibet; containing a narrative of a journey through Bootan, and part of Tibet (London: Sold by G. & W. Nicol 1800) Digitized: > Internet Archive (provenance: University of California Libraries) > Universidad complutense Madrid (some … → Continue reading Diego Aduarte: Historia de la provincia del Sancto Rosario de la Orden de Predicadores en Philippinas, Iapon y China… ( Manila : en el Colegio de Sa[n]cto Thomas, por Luis Beltran impressor…, 1640) Digitized: > Biblioteca Virtual del Patrimonio Bibliográfico > Google Books (Original from Universidad Complutense Madrid, digitized 24 February 2009) … → Continue reading In mid-eighteenth century, the French Academy of Sciences published a series of studies of various arts and crafts under the title Descriptions des arts et métiers, faites ou approuvées par MM. de l’Académie royale des sciences. Among them was one on the art of paper-making by Jérôme de La Lande (1732-1807): Jérôme de La Lande: … → Continue reading Manuel de Faria e Sousa (1590-1649) published his Asia portuguesa in three volumes in Lisboa between 1666 and 1674. The volumes were repeatedly reprinted, an english translation was published in 1695. Bibliographic reference: BS 2309 Entry in Wiener China-Bibliographie Sousa, Manuel de Faria e Sousa: Asia portuguesa: tomo I (Lisboa: en la officina … → Continue reading Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611), a merchant and explorer, left the Netherlands in 1576 to join his brother in Sevilla. After working for some years in Portugal and Spain, he got a position with the newly appointed Archbishop of Goa, João Vicente da Fonseca. Linschoten spent about five years as Secretary to the Archbishop and … → Continue reading  Sources: BSB, BVPB, digital, FIDES, gallica, LOC, NL.SG, UCM, ULB Sachsen-Anhalt, Universidad de Sevilla  One comment - (Comments are closed) |
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