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WORKS ISSUED BY
The Hakluyt Society.
VOL. I.
NO. XIV
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY
REPRINTED BY PERMISSION
Published by LENOX HILL Pub. & Dist. Co. (Burt Franklin)
235 East 44th St., New York, N.Y. 10017
Originally Published: 1854
Reprinted: 1970
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Burt Franklin: The Hakluyt Society First Series 14
THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.
SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, G.C.St.S., F.R.S., Corr. Mem. InstFr.,
Hon. Mem. Imp. Acad. Sc. St Petersburg, &c., &c., President.
| The EARL OF ELLESMERE. | } | Vice-Presidents. |
| Capt. C. R. DRINKWATER BETHUNE, R.N., C.B. | ||
| Rear-Admiral Sir FRANCIS BEAUFORT, K.C.B.,F.R.S. | ||
| Captain BECHER, R.N. | ||
| CHARLES T. BEKE, Esq., Phil. D., F.A.S. | ||
| WILLIAM DESBOROUGH COOLEY, Esq. | ||
| BOLTON CORNEY, Esq., M.R.S.L. | ||
| The Right Rev. LORD BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S. | ||
| Rt. Hon. Sir DAVID DUNDAS. | ||
| Sir HENRY ELLIS, K.H., F.R.S. | ||
| JOHN FORSTER, Esq. | ||
| R. W. GREY, Esq., M.P. | ||
| JOHN HOLMES, Esq. | ||
| JOHN WINTER JONES, Esq. | ||
| Sir CHARLES LEMON, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. | ||
| P. LEVESQUE, Esq., F.A.S. | ||
| Sir JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D. | ||
| The EARL SOMERS. | ||
| Sir GEORGE T. STAUNTON, Bart. F.R.S. |
R. H. MAJOR, Esq., F.R.G.S., Honorary Secretary.
In presenting to the members of the Hakluyt Society a reprint of thecotemporary English translation by Parke of Mendoza's interesting and now rareaccount of China, the editor thinks it due to his readers that some explanationshould be given of the circumstances under which the original work was compiled,and that at the same time it should be shown what previous accounts had reachedEurope respecting that remarkable country. The interest of the narrative itself,abounding as it does with minute and curious details of the manners and customsof so peculiar a race as