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Relations de voyages et textes geographiques arabes, persans et turks relatifs a l'Extreme-Orient du VIIIe au XVIIIe siecles: Vo
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Relations de voyages et textes geographiques arabes, persans et turks relatifs a l'Extreme-Orient du VIIIe au XVIIIe siecles: Vo
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Gabriel Ferrand
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Series | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:456 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Historical geography |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781108080446
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
1 January 2015 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Gabriel Ferrand (1864-1935) travelled widely as a French diplomat and pursued scholarly passions as a polyglot orientalist. He served as consul to Madagascar and published several works about the island, noting the Arab influence that preceded the arrival of Europeans. A member of the Societe Asiatique, and editor of its journal from 1920 until his death, Ferrand sought in particular to make Arabic geographical and nautical writings more accessible to fellow scholars and students. Forming part of that project, this work appeared in two volumes in 1913-14. It presents annotated French translations of mainly Arabic texts relating to the Far East. Brief biographical notes on the authors are given for the benefit of non-specialists. Volume 2 contains texts from the thirteenth century onwards, and includes a section of translated extracts from Chinese, Japanese, Tamil, Kawi and Malay texts.
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