37 min
Fernao Mendes Pinto 8: First in Japan Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World
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- History
The first Europeans wash up on Japanese shores, bringing the musket as they do so, and Pinto would have you believe that he is with them.
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Sources:
The Travels of Mendes Pinto, edited and translated by Rebecca D. Catz. University of Chicago Press, 1989.
Cooper, Michael. The Southern Barbarians: The First Europeans in Japan. Kodansha, 1971.
Lidin, Olof G. Tanegashima: The Arrival of Europe in Japan. Routledge, 2003.
Perrin, Noel. Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879. David R. Godine, 1979.
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The first Europeans wash up on Japanese shores, bringing the musket as they do so, and Pinto would have you believe that he is with them.
If you like what you hear and want to chip in to support the podcast, my Patreon is here.
I'm on BlueSky @a-devon.bsky.social, Twitter @circus_human, Instagram @humancircuspod, and I have some things on Redbubble.
Sources:
The Travels of Mendes Pinto, edited and translated by Rebecca D. Catz. University of Chicago Press, 1989.
Cooper, Michael. The Southern Barbarians: The First Europeans in Japan. Kodansha, 1971.
Lidin, Olof G. Tanegashima: The Arrival of Europe in Japan. Routledge, 2003.
Perrin, Noel. Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879. David R. Godine, 1979.
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37 min