Les Voyages Avantageux

by Ferdinand / tr. Figuier Mendes Pinto, Bernard

$9,850 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Rare first French edition of the earliest written eyewitness account of Japan, possibly made by the first European to visit that country. The Portuguese adventurer Mendes Pinto went to India in 1537, and spent some years pirating on the coasts of Burma, South-east Asia and China. He claims to have..... More

• Binding: Leather

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