Early Modern Tales of Orient: A Critical Anthology

by Kenneth Parker

Book Overview

Early Modern Tales of Orient is the first volume to collect together these travellers' tales and make them available to today's students and scholars. By introducing a fascinating array of accounts (of exploration, diplomatic, and commercial ventures), Kenneth Parker challenges widely-held assumptions about Early Modern encounters in the Orient. The documents assembled in Early Modern Tales of Orient have extraordinary resonance for us today. Many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415147573
• ISBN13: 9780415147576
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.6"