The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625
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The East India Company, founded in London in 1600, was a spice trading organisation. But its governors soon began to think bigger. After a decade, they started to plan voyages to more fabulous places, notably India and Japan. India had cotton cloth, while Japan had silver, and crucially was cold in winter. England's main export was woollen cloth (which will not sell in hot places), so the Company envisaged adding to its spice-runs, sailings back and...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198832036
ISBN13:9780198832034
Release Date:December 2020
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:326 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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