The Asia-Pacific at the JCBLMain MenuThe Asia-Pacific on the Shelves of the John Carter Brown LibraryBibliography of texts, maps, and manuscriptsThe Fifteenth CenturyThe Age of Columbus and Vasco de GamaSixteenth Century EncountersThe Seventeenth CenturyAn age of rogues and adventurers on the high seas.The Eighteenth CenturyAn age of enlightenment and empireThe Nineteenth CenturyModernity and Mature CapitalismVoyage and ExplorationThe Asia-Pacific in MapsDevelopments in cartography and seagoing exploration intertwined to form the sinews of early modern global connectedness.The Jesuits in East AsiaBooks by Spanish AuthorsBooks in English by British AuthorsDescriptions of ChinaCaroline Franka1a5e7e9a2c3dba76ecb2896a93bf66ac8d1635e
Japan
12016-02-15T08:35:13-08:00Caroline Franka1a5e7e9a2c3dba76ecb2896a93bf66ac8d1635e53983Texts printed in or describing Japanimage_header2016-05-19T11:41:41-07:00Zachary Ziebell8eecdb2214ffc2e89ec5ed5f180953625d845cc7The JCB has a surprising number of beautifully illustrated woodblock or moveable-type printed texts from Japan, as well as detailed accounts of a Japanese mission to Rome and Europe. Both are indicative of Japan's ambitious and global presence during the Age of Discovery, despite its more well-known periods of closed borders. European voyagers to East Asia began stopping in Japan as early as 1543 when the Portuguese adventurers, merchants, and missionaries arrived in its southern archipelago.