1st Edition

The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613

Edited By Sir Ernest Mason Satow Copyright 2010
    376 Pages
    by Hakluyt Society

    Saris's journal, with two of his reports to the East India Company, a letter, and extracts from Purchas. Contents: Introduction.-The journal from Bantam to Japan and back to England.-App. A: Two letters written by Saris on his return. I. From the Cape, June 1, 1614. II. From Plymouth, October 17, 1614.-App. B: Observations of Saris on the Eastern trade, compiled during his residence at Bantam as factor. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1900.

    INTRODUCTION: I. The Manuscript and its History II. How the East India Company came to think of trading to Japan . II. Saris's Previous Career ; and his Instructions for the Voyage IV. His Voyage from England to Bantam . V. European Commercial Enterprise in the Moluccas previous to Saris's Voyage VI. Saris's Voyage from Bantam to Japan VII. Hirado; its previous history as a commercial port . VIII. Saris's stay in Japan IX. His Voyage Home and his Reception by theCompany . X. His Subsequent Career . XI. Correspondence between King James I and Japanese Potentates. Saris's Petition. The Privileges. The Japanese Document in Purcltas, The JOURNAL from Bantam to Japan and back to England

    Biography

    Ernest Mason Satow, Sir (Author) , John Saris (Author