Western Visions of the Far East in a Transpacific Age, 1522-1657

Bringing to bear the latest developments across various areas of research and disciplines, this collection provides a broad perspective on how Western Europe made sense of a complex, multi-faceted, and by and large Sino-centered East and Southeast Asia. The volume covers the transpacific period--after Magellan''s opening of the transpacific route to the Far East and before the eventual dominance o...