| Description |
1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Series |
The Hakluyt Society Studies in the History of Travel Series |
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The Hakluyt Society Studies in the History of Travel Series
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| Contents |
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Prologue: Juan González de Mendoza and the European discovery of China -- The image of China in Renaissance Europe: Before the Jesuits -- Mission and diplomacy: China in the debate about conquest -- Christianity and civilization -- An exceptional impact -- 1. Between Iberia and Cathay -- China, Portugal, and Spain in the sixteenth century -- Between utopia and reality: Chinese-Spanish relations during the sixteenth century -- Eurocentrism and sinocentrism |
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Ming China (1368-1644): Empire, culture, and foreign relations -- Confucius and the Prudent King -- The apogee of the mandarins -- The Portuguese beachhead: Macao, 1556 -- Portuguese literature and historiography on China: João de Barros and Gaspar da Cruz -- The transmission of knowledge about China -- An enclave for the Catholic King on the threshold of Asia: Manila and the Philippines -- Castilian literature on China: Bernardino de Escalante's Discurso de la navegación -- The ""Chinese enterprise"": From the dynastic union of 1580 to the will to conquer -- 2. Agent of God and empire |
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Juan González de Mendoza, missionary and diplomat -- A young man in search of a vocation: Education and personal itinerary -- Mendoza, the Order of Saint Augustine and Mexico: Intellectual education -- An audience with his Catholic Majesty: The friar ambassador -- The Philippine embassy to China -- Before the Council of the indies: From the ""Chinese journey"" to the forging of a Sinological narrative -- The Council of the Indies and the 1580 embassy -- A gift for Wanli -- Philip II's letter -- From Seville to Mexico -- Sande's opinion -- From Mexico to Lisbon |
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Before the Roman curia: The publication of Historia del Gran Reino de la China -- He wields the power of the pope"": Back in America -- An authority on ""Chinese matters"": Controversies and personal aspirations -- He is no shepherd, but a wolf"": Bishop Mendoza in Popayán -- Catch them or kill them!"": The conflict of Encarnación and general enmity -- This chap has all the intention of coming back"": Juan González de Mendoza, builder of the empire -- Slaves, ministers, and trade: A memorialista with a global vision -- Apology for empire -- Trent in America -- Like the Chinese king does |
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African slavery and the royal purse -- Corsairs and Lutherans -- The preservation of the Indies -- Indios"" and encomenderos -- Courtiers and cosmographers: A frustrated chronicler of the Indies -- A shot at López de Gómara -- Official chronicler and chronicle: Juan López de Velasco -- Walking the Indies with authority"": Agent of Iberian globalization -- The ""l'éclatement"" of Mendoza's worlds -- The Catholic/global ""stage of observation"" of an Augustinian friar -- 3. The ""Chronicle of China -- The Historia del Gran Reino de la China: Precedents, sources, and historiographical vision |
| Summary |
This monograph provides an analysis and contextualization of an extraordinarily successful book, the History of the Great Kingdom of China (Rome 1585), by the Spanish Augustinian friar Juan González de Mendoza (1545-1618) |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Large, wealthy, marvellous: Marco Polo's influence |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003858867 |
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1003858864 |
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