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

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