Atsushi Omoto

Japanese: 鄂本篤 - がくほんとく
Atsushi Omoto

…Jesuit from the Portuguese Azores. His Chinese name was E Ben Dun. In 1602, he was sent from Goa, India, to China to investigate whether Catai and China were the same and whether there was a land route between India and Beijing. …

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Japanese:

…ポルトガル領アゾレス諸島出身のイエズス会士。中国名は鄂本篤。1602年,カタイとシナとは同一か,インドと北京とを結ぶ陸路が存在するかを探るために,インドのゴアから中国へ派遣された。…

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