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Distant lands and diverse cultures : the French experience in Asia, 1600-1700 / edited by Glenn J. Ames and Ronald S. Love.
Van Pelt Library DS33.4.F7 D57 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contributions in comparative colonial studies 0163-3813 ; no. 45.
- Contributions in comparative colonial studies, 0163-3813 ; no. 45
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French--Asia--History--17th century.
- French.
- Travelers--Asia--History--17th century.
- Travelers.
- Travelers--France--History--17th century.
- Civilization.
- Relations.
- History.
- Asia--Relations--France.
- Asia.
- France--Relations--Asia.
- France.
- Asia--Civilization--17th century.
- Asia--Description and travel.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- Examines the symbiotic nature of cross-cultural interaction between France and the major trading regions of the Indian Ocean basin.
- Contents:
- 1. Thevenot the Tourist: A Frenchman Abroad in the Ottoman Empire / Glenn Sundeen 1
- 2. A Veritable Bedouin: The Chevalier d'Arvieux in the Camp of the Emir Turabey / Deirdre Pettet 21
- 3. Secrets of the Seraglio: Harem Politics and the Rhetoric of Imperialism in the Travels of Sir Jean Chardin / S. Amanda Eurich 47
- 4. Charles Poncet's Travels to Ethiopia, 1698 to 1703 / Theodore Natsoulas 71
- 5. The Travails of Madagascar: Rennefort's Relation du premier voyage de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales / Carl H. Sobocinski 97
- 6. Wonders of Nature, Diversity of Events: The Voyage de Francois Pyrard de Laval / Diane C. Margolf 111
- 7. Travels in India: Jean-Baptiste Tavernier / Anne York 135
- 8. Mughal India during the Age of the Scientific Revolution: Francois Bernier's Travels and Lessons for Absolutist Europe / Glenn J. Ames 147
- 9. The Perils of Seeking a Multi-Cultural View of the East Indies: Charles Dellon, His Travels and the Goa Inquisition / Glenn J. Ames 163
- 10. Simon de La Loubere: French Views of Siam in the 1680s / Ronald S. Love 181
- 11. In Search of a Passage to China: Philippe Avril's Quest for Grand Tartary, 1685 to 1690 / Ronald S. Love 201
- 12. The Search for Souls in China: Le Comte's Nouveaux Memoires / Linda S. Frey, Marsha L. Frey 231.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313308640
- OCLC:
- 48588282
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