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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. first edition 2012 hardcover with dist jacket in near fine condition, just some very slight shelf wear on dust jacket. xxii, 481 pages with 3 maps and 14 illustrations. In 1582 Alessandro Valignano, the Visitor to the Jesuit mission in the East Indies, sent four Japanese boys to Europe. Until the arrival of the embassy in Europe, the Euro-Japanese encounter had been almost exclusively one way: Europeans going to Japan. This book is an account of their travels, their long journeys out and back, and the 20 months in Europe being received by popes and kings. It was published in Macao in 1590 with the title De Missione Legatorvm Iaponensium ad Romanum curiam. The present edition is the first complete version of this rich, complex and impressive work to appear in.

Hardcover. Zustand: NF. Hardback in Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jacket . 1590. 7 X 1.75 X 9.5 inches. 504 pages. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

Large 8vo. Publisher's original navy blue cloth gilt, in the dust-jacket. An excellent copy. The Hakluyt Society was founded in 1846 in London for the publication of primary sources of exploration and discovery expeditions. They were named after Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) a collector and editor of narratives of voyages and travels. The publications are primarily from English expeditions related to English interests from the 17th century on. These volumes cover the early search for the North West Passage through Hudson Bay, which was determined not to lead to the Pacific Ocean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Hardcover; small 4to; 481 pages. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt ship on front. Bright and clean pages. In a blue paper jacket with black text. Some spotting on front. FINE/VG. Book.