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CONTENTS: Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol
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Acknowledgments
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INTRODUCTION
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1
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CHAPTER ONE: FROM 200 TO 1500
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St. Clement of Alexandria (d. 215 CE)
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19
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St. Jerome (ca. 347-420)
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20
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Socrates of Constantinople (b. ca. 380)
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21
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Anonymous (ninth century)
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23
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St. Euthymius of Mount Athos (ca. 955-1028)
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30
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King Het'um I of Armenia (1215-1270)
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32
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Marco Polo (ca. 1254-1324)
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33
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Rashid al-Din (1247-1318)
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35
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Odoric of Pordenone (1286?-1331)
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37
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CHAPTER TWO: FROM 1501 TO 1600
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Anjiro (1511-1550?)
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39
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St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552)
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41
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Guillaume Postel (1510-1581)
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42
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Martin de Rada (1533-1578)
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44
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Bernardino de Escalante (ca. 1537 to after 1605)
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45
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Juan Gonzales de Mendoza (ca. 1540-1617)
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47
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William Adams (1564-1620)
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48
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Cesar Fredericke
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48
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CHAPTER THREE: FROM 1601 TO 1700
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Matteo Ricci (1552-1610)
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51
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Samuel Purchas (1577?-1626)
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53
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Nicolas Trigault (1577-1628)
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54
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Roberto de Nobili (1577-1656)
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56
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Richard Cocks (1566-1624)
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58
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Cristoforo Borri (1583-1632)
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60
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Alvaro Semedo (1585-1658)
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63
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Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680)
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64
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Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689)
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66
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Robert Knox (1641-1720)
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68
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Abbe de Choisy (1644-1724)
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70
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Alexandre, Chevalier de Chaumont (1640-1710)
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71
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Fernao de Queyroz (1617-1688)
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73
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Tomas Pereira (1645-1708)
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75
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Guy Tachard (1651-1712)
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94
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Nicolas Gervaise (ca. 1662-1729)
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100
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Simon de la Loubere (1642-1729)
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107
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Louis le Comte (1655-1728)
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113
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Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716)
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115
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CHAPTER FOUR: FROM 1701 TO 1800
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Ippolito Desideri (1684-1733)
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FranCois Valentijn (1666-1727)
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Jean Frederic Bernard (1683-1744) and Bernard Picart (1673-1733)
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Jean Baptiste du Halde (1674-1743)
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Adriano di St. Thecla (1667-1765)
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Antonio Agostino Giorgi (1711-1797)
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Denis Diderot (1713-1784) and Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783)
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Voltaire (1694-1778)
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Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811)
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Guillaume le Gentil (1725-1792)
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William Hurd
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Jean-Baptiste Grosier (1743-1823)
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Sir William Jones (1746-1794)
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Thomas Maurice (1754-1824)
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Louis-Mathieu Langles (1763-1824)
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Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo (1748-1806)
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Francis Wilford (1761-1822)
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Colin Mackenzie (1753-1821)
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Captain Mahony
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Michael Symes (1761-1809)
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Vincenzo Sangermano (d. 1819)
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CHAPTER FIVE: FROM 1801 TO 1844
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Joseph Endelin de Joinville
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175
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Francis Hamilton (1762-1829)
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178
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Alexander Hamilton (1762-1824)
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184
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Edward Moor (1771-1848)
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186
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Francis Wilford (1761-1822)
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188
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William Erskine (1773-1852)
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189
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George Stanley Faber (1773-1854)
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191
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Michel-Jean Francois Ozeray (1764-1859)
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192
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Robert Fellowes (1770-1847)
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194
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Francis (Hamilton) Buchanan (1762-1829)
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206
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R. N. Golownin (1776-1831)
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208
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John Crawfurd (1783-1868)
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209
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John Davy (1790-1868)
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211
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Julius Heinrich Klaproth (1783-1835)
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214
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Thomas Abercrombie Trant (1805-1832)
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215
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Samuel Davis (1760-1819)
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216
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Horace Hayman Wilson (1786-1860)
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216
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Karl Friedrich Neumann (1793-1870)
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220
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Charles Coleman
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220
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Edward Upham (1776-1834)
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223
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Jean-Pierre Abel-Remusat (1788-1832)
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224
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George Turnour (1799-1843)
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228
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Alexander Csoma de Koros (1784-1842)
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229
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Eugene Burnouf (1801-1852)
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234
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Notes
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Index
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