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| Data.No. | 527 |
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Annotation | HISTORY OF COREA
History of Korea, Ancient and Modern
With DESCRIPTION OF MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, LANGUAGE AND GEOGRAPHY
Hard cover, cloth 8 vo.404 pages ,First edition. The Rev. John Ross was a missionary to China. This is a very scarce copy of the history he wrote of Korea. There are maps and a few colored illustrations showing the costumes of the Korean people. ........................ The First history of Korea in the English language
by a Scottish missionary who visited Korea before the country was opened to the West.Still of value for historical background,but antiquated in style and approach to the subject.(Annotation: KOREA An Annotated Bibliography of Publications in Western Languages ,1950 ,The Library of Congress)
Very rare source on Korean Studies.
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| Author | Rev. John Ross |
| Publisher | Elliot Stock,London |
| Pub.Year(s) | 1891 |
| Language | English |
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