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London 1953, Haklut. Blue cloth, very good, 388p., index,ap- pendix, bibliography, glossary, chronology, 12 b.w. plates, 8 maps, SUBTITLE: cont. Rada, O.E.S.A. S C A R C E This volume contains three narratives describing South China as it appeared to Iberian or Portuguese & Spanish visitors to that country in the years 1550-1575. Gaspar da Cruz also visited Cambodia in 1556 and the gave important commentaires about the ruler of that Kindgom. This resource also has es- says refering to Vietnam and Cambodia, as wlll as the subj- ect of trade through Laos to Cambodia via the Mekong river. A grand translation, covers the coming of the Franks: the Portuguese & Spanish, the writers and their narratives, rep- orts, the treatise, and relations. With useful glossaries of Chinese and Japanese names, titles, index of persons and places. Scholarly work, quite readable! * THE ORIGINAL EDITION: This is the original fine edition, nicely bound in cloth, printed on heavy paper, with stunning photographs. This… Read More