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Description:Excerpt from The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613, Vol. 5 The Ms. journal of Saris's voyage from Bantam to Japan was transcribed for this volume by Miss Sainsbury, and the copy carefully compared with the original by Mr. William Foster, of the India Office. A great part of the material used in the Introduction was either furnished or pointed out by that gentleman, who kindly took the trouble of copying a good deal of it from the old records of the East India Company. A large debt of gratitude is further due to him from the Editor for the useful notes he has contributed to the work, for his invaluable assistance in correcting the proofs, and for undertaking various other burdens which usually devolve upon an editor. To Professor Mikami Sanji, of the Imperial University, Tokio, the Editor is indebted for copies of Japanese documents, and to Professor Riess, of the same institution, for valuable suggestions and the loan of books. His thanks are also due to the Hon. Matsura Atsushi for the portrait of his ancestor which accompanies the volume, as well as for notes on the family pedigree; to Admiral Penrose Fitzgerald, and Captain Ottley, R .N., for help in explaining nautical terms, etc.; to Mr. D. F. A. Hervey, C. M. G., Mr. W. P. Groeneveldt, and Mr. G. P. Rouffaer, for explanations of Malay terms; and to Professor R.K. Douglas, of the British Museum, and Mons. Lon Van de Polder, of the Netherlands Legation at Tokio, for similar assistance in identifying the Chinese and Dutch words occurring in the text.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613. To get started finding The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613, Vol. 5 The Ms. journal of Saris's voyage from Bantam to Japan was transcribed for this volume by Miss Sainsbury, and the copy carefully compared with the original by Mr. William Foster, of the India Office. A great part of the material used in the Introduction was either furnished or pointed out by that gentleman, who kindly took the trouble of copying a good deal of it from the old records of the East India Company. A large debt of gratitude is further due to him from the Editor for the useful notes he has contributed to the work, for his invaluable assistance in correcting the proofs, and for undertaking various other burdens which usually devolve upon an editor. To Professor Mikami Sanji, of the Imperial University, Tokio, the Editor is indebted for copies of Japanese documents, and to Professor Riess, of the same institution, for valuable suggestions and the loan of books. His thanks are also due to the Hon. Matsura Atsushi for the portrait of his ancestor which accompanies the volume, as well as for notes on the family pedigree; to Admiral Penrose Fitzgerald, and Captain Ottley, R .N., for help in explaining nautical terms, etc.; to Mr. D. F. A. Hervey, C. M. G., Mr. W. P. Groeneveldt, and Mr. G. P. Rouffaer, for explanations of Malay terms; and to Professor R.K. Douglas, of the British Museum, and Mons. Lon Van de Polder, of the Netherlands Legation at Tokio, for similar assistance in identifying the Chinese and Dutch words occurring in the text.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613. To get started finding The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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