A World Elsewhere - Europe's Encounter with Japan in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (1990)

In this book Derek Massarella surveys this first phase of European contact with the Indies by focusing on the East India Company, and the factory it maintained in Japan from 1613 to 1623. Contents Acknowledgements Glossary Notes for Readers Introduction 1. First Encounters with Japan i ii iii iv 2. Striking Out: The English and the Age of Reconnaissance i ii iii 3. The East India company reaches Japan i ii 4. First Years in Japan i ii iii 5. Hopes, Illusions and Disappointment 1 ii 6. Living and Surviving in Hirado i ii 7. The Manila Voyages and Withdrawal from Japan i ii iii iv 8. Further Attempts at Direct Trade after 1623 i ii iii Notes 1 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 Bibliographical Essay Index