Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615-1622

Cocks, Richard. Ed(s): Thompson, Sir E. Maunde

ISBN 10: 1108011594 / ISBN 13: 9781108011594

Published by Cambridge Library Collection, 2010

About this Item

This Hakluyt Society volume (1883) contains the second part of a British merchant's diary describing Japan in the seventeenth century. Editor(s): Thompson, Sir E. Maunde. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480. . 2010. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615-1622
• Publisher: Cambridge Library Collection
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108011594
• ISBN 13: 9781108011594
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Volumes 66 and 67 of the series, edited by E. M Thompson and first published in 1883, contain the bulk of the diary of Richard Cocks (c.1565–1624), supplemented by a selection of letters. Cocks was the head of a trading post established in Japan by the British East India Company from its foundation in 1613 until 1622, when it went out of business. His diary describes Japanese society and culture in the early seventeenth century, as well as the activities of British merchants there.

Book Description

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited early accounts of exploration. Volumes 66 and 67, first published in 1883, contain the diary and selected correspondence of Richard Cocks (c.1565-1624), who was head of a British trading post in Japan from 1613 to 1622.