The Russian Discovery of Japan, 1670-1800

During the period of the Tokugawa shogunate's seclusion policy from about 1630 onwards there was very little European contact with Japan, apart from the very restricted Dutch presence at Nagasaki.

Autorentext

David Wells is Manager, Collections, at Curtin University Library in Perth, Western Australia. He has published widely in information studies and on Russian literature and cultural history.

Inhalt

1. The Russian discovery of Japan 2. Cosmography of 1670 3. Milescu: description of Japan (1676) 4. Atlasov: reports from Jamchatka (1699) 5. Denbei: Denbei's report (1699) 6. Krisnits: account of Japan (1722) 7. Spanberg: report to the Admiralty College on his voyage to Japan (1738-1739) 8. Müller: voyages of Spanberg and Walton (1739) 9. Benyovszky: memoirs and travels (1771) 10. Riumin: memoir of the Benyovszky adventure (1771) 11. Tatarinov: Antipin's expedition (1779) 12. De Lesseps: travels in Machatka (1788) 13. Laxman: the first Russian embassy to Japan (1792)