《Round the Sea Tale》

Japanese: 《環海異聞》 - かんかいいぶん
《Round the Sea Tale》

…As Japan came closer to Russia, translations of books on the subject also became more common. Katsuragawa Hoshu's Hokusabunryaku (1794) and Otsuki Gentaku's Kankai Ibun (1807) are exceptional specialist overseas geography books that use the actual experiences of castaways as material. Yamamura Saisuke, a student of Gentaku, was a leading figure in the study of world geography, and translated many Dutch books into the work Sairan Igen (1803), a revised and expanded translation. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Kankai Ibun" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ロシアの接近とともにその関係の訳著も盛んになった。桂川甫周の《北槎聞略(ほくさぶんりやく)》(1794成立)や大槻玄沢の《環海異聞》(1807成立)は,漂流民の実地見聞を素材とした点で異例の専門海外地理書である。玄沢門下の山村才助は世界地理研究の代表者で,多数の蘭書を翻訳して《訂正増訳采覧異言》(1803成立)を著した。…

※「《環海異聞》」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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