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Asian Travel in the Renaissance

ISBN: 978-1-405-11160-7

July 2004

Wiley-Blackwell

248 pages

Description
Asian Travel in the Renaissance looks at travel in Asia for the purposes of trade, colonialism and religious conversion by a diverse array of Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and English protagonists in the Renaissance era.
  • Examines European travel in Asia from a variety of perspectives.
  • Presents new research by international scholars.
  • Establishes the importance of Asia as a place of aspiration in the early modern period.
About the Author
Daniel Carey is Lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He has edited a ‘Les voyages de Gulliver: Mondes lointains ou modes proches’ (2002) and is Editor of the journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland.
Features



  • Examines European travel in Asia from a variety of perspectives.

  • Presents new research by international scholars.

  • Establishes the importance of Asia as a place of aspiration in the early modern period.