1st Edition

The Russian Discovery of Japan, 1670–1800

By David N. Wells Copyright 2019
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

During the period of the Tokugawa shogunate’s seclusion policy from about 1630 onwards there was very little European interaction with the Japanese except through the restricted Dutch presence at Nagasaki. During this period, however, Russians exploring Siberia and the Russian Far East came into contact with Japan, and further exploration and information collecting was encouraged by the... Read more
1. The Russian discovery of Japan 2. Cosmography of 1670 3. Milescu: description of Japan (1676) 4. Atlasov: reports from Jamchatka (1699) 5. Denbei: Denbei's report (1699) 6. Krisnits: account of Japan (1722) 7. Spanberg: report to the Admiralty College on his voyage to Japan (1738–1739) 8. Müller: voyages of Spanberg and Walton (1739) 9. Benyovszky: memoirs and travels (1771) 10. Riumin: memoir of the Benyovszky adventure (1771) 11. Tatarinov: Antipin's expedition (1779) 12. De Lesseps: travels in Machatka (1788) 13. Laxman: the first Russian embassy to Japan (1792)

Biography

David Wells is Manager, Collections, at Curtin University Library in Perth, Western Australia. He has published widely in information studies and on Russian literature and cultural history.