The travels and controversies of Friar Domingo Navarrete, 1616-1686. Volume 1 / edited from manuscript and printed sources by J.S. Cummins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cummins, J. S.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 118.

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 118

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fernández Navarrete, Domingo, -1689.

Fernández Navarrete, Domingo.

Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.

Voyages and travels.

Missions--China.

Missions.

Physical Description:

cxx, 163 p. : ill., maps.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] : Published from the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1962.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Friar Domingo Navarrete, A Dominican missionary, travelled round the world and spent the best part of his life (1658-69) in China, where he became a determined opponent of the evangelical methods of the 'Jesuit mandarins'. This edition of his travels is based on all his writings, published and manuscript, but principally on the sixth book of his Tratados historicos, which gives a racy account of his travels and work in Mexico, the Philippines, Macao, China, India and Macassar, among other places. He had an observant eye, an open ear and an every-ready pen, together with a happy facility for meeting men of affairs and being at the heart of things. A doughty controversialist and a vivid writer, this enthusiastic sinophile has left a record which is not only full of human interest but throws fresh light upon the uneasy meeting of East and West in the 17th century. Much of the material is original and will be new to English readers. Dr Cummins's Introduction fills in the details of Navarrte's life, character and various writings. It also describes the missionary movement in China and gives the background to the notorious Chinese Rites controversy which markedly influenced the course of European thought. There is a full bibliography. The main pagination of this and the following volume (Second Series 119) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1962.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Table of Contents

Illustrations and Maps

Abbreviations Used

INTRODUCTION

I. THE AUTHOR

Biography

Navarrete's Character

Navarrete's Attitude to non-Europeans

II. THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE CHINESE RITES

The Nature of the Controversy

Disunity within the Jesuit Order

The Arrival of the Friars in China

The Start of the Controversy

Contributory Factors in the Controversy

The First Report to Rome

Navarrete's Attitude in the Controversy

The Controversy's Subsequent History

III. NAVARRETE AND THE JESUITS

IV. NAVARRETE'S WRITINGS

The Tratados historicos

The style of the Tratados

The Tratados and the critics

The Tratados in literary history

The Controversias

'Ends'

The 'Ratificacion'

The 'Relacion de Sancto Domingo'

The Report of the Diocesan Synod of Santo Domingo

Relatio data Prop. Fide

Certificatoria

Letter to the Jesuit General

Varia

V. THE CHURCHILLS' EDITION OF THE Tratados

VI. THE PRESENT EDITION OF NAVARRETE'S WRITINGS

THE TEXT

The Author to the Godly and Curious Reader

BOOK VI: The Author's Travels [1646-1674]

Chapter I. His Voyage to New Spain

Chapter II. The Journey to Mexico, stay there, and further progress to Acapulco

Chapter III. The Author's Stay at Acapulco, and Voyage to the Philippine Islands

Chapter IV. The Author's Stay at Manila

Chapter V. What Observations I made, and how I was employ'd during that time

Chapter VI. Of my Second Mission to Mindoro

Chapter VII. Of my departure from Manila, and Voyage to Macasar

Chapter VIII. Of my Stay in the kingdom of Macasar

Chapter IX. My Voyage from Macasar to Macao

Chapter X. Of my Stay at Macao, and first entring the Great Empire of China.

Chapter XI. My Travels continu'd as far as Fo Ngan.

Notes:

"Issued for 1960."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-317-01341-7

1-283-12885-3

9786613128850

1-4094-1723-9

OCLC:

909456785