This 2007 volume reveals how a first European identity was forged from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Cultural exchange played a central role in th

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This book presents a great deal of new primary research on a wide range of aspects of early modern East Asia. Focusing primarily on maritime connections, the bo

International Exchange in the Early Modern Book World presents new research on the movement and exchange of books between countries, languages and confessions.