Asian Travel in the Renaissance

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.

Author: Daniel Carey
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 07/02/2004
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.06h x 5.96w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9781405111607

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.