Bento de Goes

Japanese: ゴーエシュ（英語表記）Bento de Goes

1562‐1607
A Jesuit priest from the Portuguese Azores. His Chinese name was E Ben Dun. In 1602, he was dispatched from Goa, India, to China to find out whether Katai and China were the same, and whether there was a land route connecting India and Beijing. He passed through Lahore and Kabul, and joined a tribute delegation from Yarkand. After many hardships, he arrived at Suzhou in Gansu at the end of 1605 (the 33rd year of the Wanli era), but his illness worsened and he died there. His diary and other records were lost at the time, but Matteo Ricci reconstructed his travelogue based on the notes of his attendant, and it has become a valuable resource for learning about the situation in Central Asia at that time.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1562‐1607
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。ラホール，カーブルを経て，ヤルカンドから朝貢団に加わり，困難のすえ1605年(万暦33)末に甘粛の粛州に到着したが，病が高じ，この地で死去した。その際，日記などの記録は失われたが，マテオ･リッチが従者からの聞書きをもとに，その旅行記を復原し，当時の中央アジア事情を知る貴重な資料となっている。

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