South China in the Sixteenth Century

In this volume, first published in 3953 and long out of print and unavailable, the eminent linguist and historian, C. R. Boxer, translates, edits, and presents in highly readable form three narratives of South China as it appeared to Portuguese and Spanish visitors in the years 1550-1575. Providing considerable detail of the people, culture, and conditions in Ming China from a .Western perspective, the text has been described by O. B. van der Sprenkel as "three works of outstanding importance and of the greatest interest both to sinologists and to all concerned with the earliest impact of China on the modern West."Boxer, C. R. is the author of 'South China in the Sixteenth Century', published 2004 under ISBN 9789745240438 and ISBN 9745240435.