An Account of Japan, 1609

In 1608, Roderigo de Vivero, soldier and administrator, set out from Acapulco to take up his post...
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Author: Roderigo De Vivero
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Language: English
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An Account of Japan, 1609 by Vivero, Roderigo De

An Account of Japan, 1609

¥9,656

An Account of Japan, 1609

¥9,656
Author: Roderigo De Vivero
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

In 1608, Roderigo de Vivero, soldier and administrator, set out from Acapulco to take up his post as interim Governor of the Philippines. On the way home, his ship was wrecked off the coast of Japan and he lost everything. While in the Philippines, he had been in communication with the Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who now treated him as an honoured guest and informal ambassador. Trade, security for the expanding Christian population, mining technology and the problem of Dutch piracy were all discussed. When Vivero left Japan - in a ship built by the Englishman, Will Adams - he took with him the first Japanese trade delegation to the New World. Enormously impressed by Japan and the Japanese, he wrote an account of his stay and a series of 'recommendations' to the King, Philip III of Spain - who, of course, ignored them. This new translation aims to make accessible an account that is unusual for being written by a military man rather than one in Holy Orders, and for bringing an extraordinary number of different civilizations into contact. The Introduction provides fascinating background information on some of the lesser known aspects of the region and period, including piracy, trade and the introduction of firearms into Japan.



Author: Roderigo De Vivero
Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited
Published: 06/04/2015
Pages: 180
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781843822240

About the Author
Stone, Caroline: - "Caroline Stone was educated at Cambridge and the University of Kyoto, Japan. She has lived and worked largely in Rome and Seville, with periods in Tunisia and Saudi Arabia and Cambridge. Interests include textiles - with a book and several catalogues on Chinese export embroideries published in Spanish - and travel accounts, particularly those written by people who don't normally write books - the poor, women, slaves... Work in progress includes a cookery book and family history written for Syrian Christian friends in Kerala and an edition of letters written by a family connection: the composer, and suffragette Ethel Smyth."

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