From The Library – A Glimpse Into A Closed Land – Kaempfer’s Japan
Japan in the late 17th century was regarded by Europeans as a mysterious land visited by the occasional missionary. For 50 years it had been closed to foreigners and only traded with the West through the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Nederlandsche Oost Indische Compagnie or VOC) factory located on an artificially created island off … Read more