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| Data.No. | 45 |
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Annotation | Corea The Hermit Nation
hard cover,502 pages with numerous illustrations and map.
The only text on old Korea still readily accessible.Based upon western and Japanese sources,this book was first issued in 1882.Although somewhat
archaic in approach,it is still quite reliable.In addition to the general historical coverage through Japanese supremacy(in the later additions),the text also
gives expositions on the social and economic aspects of Korean life and brief
illustrations from Korean literature and folkore.(Annotation is based on
KOREA,Library of Congress,1950)
W.E. Griffis (1843-1928), a keen traveller, clergyman and prolific author, spent four years in Japan (1870-74) where he taught physics at Tokyo Imperial University. While did not have the chance to visit Korea he was fascinated by that country and published several works on the subject. The present work is considered one of the rarest of Griffis' publications and particularly valuable for its account of Hamel's voyage to Korea in the 17th century.
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| Author | William Elliot Griffis |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons,New York |
| Pub.Year(s) | 1904 |
| Language | English |
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