Bakumatsu Japan
Travels through a Vanishing World
Aimé Humbert (1819-1900), Swiss politician, traveler, and educator, arrived in Japan in 1863 as envoy plenipotentiary of the Swiss federal government to conclude a treaty of trade and amity with the shogunate.Though he was to spend less than a year in Japan, Humber's informed impressions are, in hindsight, of great historical value. Unlike his few predecessors (who were required to stick to the same route to visit Edo and pay homage to the shogun), Humbert was one of the first foreigners to freely travel around the country with his entourage and record his observations. More importantly, unlike his many successors, Humbert did so just before…
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Weitere Autoren: De Lange, William (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-94-92722-20-1
- EAN: 9789492722201
- Produktnummer: 33317266
- Verlag: TOYO Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 172 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.9 cm 259 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 259
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