《History of Asia》 - Asia

Japanese: 《アジア史》 - あじあし
《History of Asia》 - Asia

…He was a capable official, but also a skilled writer and a typical intellectual of the Portuguese Renaissance. His main work as a historian was the four-volume History of Asia (1552-1615), which was to form part of a larger encyclopedic work that he himself envisioned. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Asian History" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…高級官吏としても有能であったが,すぐれた文筆家でもあり,ポルトガル・ルネサンス期の典型的な知識人でもあった。〈歴史家〉としての彼の主著は《アジア史》4巻(1552‐1615)である。これは,彼自身の構想になる膨大な百科全書的作品の一部をなすはずのものであった。…

※「《アジア史》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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