Fusang: Or, The discovery of America by Chinese Buddhist Priests in the Fifth Century (Records of Asian History S.) (Routledge Library Editions: History of China, #7)

by Charles G. Leland

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This book, first published in 1875 and reissued in 1973, analyses the limited evidence from the works of early Chinese historians that explorers from China had discovered a country they called Fusang – possibly western America, and in all probability Mexico. The original document on which Chinese historians based their accounts of Fusang was the report of a Buddhist monk called Hoei-shin, who, in the year 499 AD, returned from a long journey to the east.

  • ISBN13 9780429874321
  • Publish Date 10 October 2018 (first published 15 January 1973)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Pages 230
  • Language English