Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape Merchant in English Factory in Japan, - With Correspondence

Klappentext This Hakluyt Society volume (1883) contains the first part of a British merchant's diary describing Japan in the seventeenth century. Zusammenfassung The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited early accounts of exploration. Volumes 66 and 67, first published in 1883, contain the diary and selected correspondence of Richard Cocks (c.1565–1624), who was head of a British trading post in Japan from 1613 to 1622. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Glossary; Diary 1615-1617.

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• Authors: Richard Cocks, Cocks Richard, Cocks Richard
• Assisted by: Edward Maunde Thompson (Editor), Thompson Edward Maunde (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2010
• EAN: 9781108011587
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01158-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series; Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615–1622 2 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Japan, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Geographical discovery & exploration, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Geographical discovery and exploration, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, Historical Geography