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BOXER (C. R.). SOUTH China in the Sixteenth Century. London. 1953. - BOXER (C. R.) SOUTH China in the Sixteenth Century . Being the narratives of Galeote Pereira, Fr. Gaspar da Cruz, O.P., Fr. Martín de Rada, O.E.S.A. (1550-1575). Edited by C.R. Boxer. London: Hakluyt Society, 1953. xcii, 388 pp.: il.; 225 mm. First edition. Annotated edition by CR Boxer of three accounts of southern China between 1550 and 1575: that of Galeote Pereira ( Alguas cousas sabidas da China ), that of the Dominican Friar Gaspar da Cruz ( Tractado em que se cotam muito por esteso as cousas da China ), and that of the Augustinian Friar Martín de Rada, here in English version. According to the preface, the translation of Pereira's text is based on that of Richard Willis, printed in London in 1577 in the History of Trauayle in the West and East Indies , and that of Gaspar da Cruz's Treatise is based on the first English version, by Samuel Purchas, published in 1625 under the title A Treatise of China and the adjoining regions . The volume includes maps (some fold-out), facsimiles, bibliography, and indexes. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate