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    Early European reports on the Japanese people

    Thanks for the input! A few more quotes: Lourenço Mexia Alessandro Valignano Alessandro Valignano Francesco Carletti Alessandro Valignano Alessandro Valignano Marcelo de Ribadeneira João Rodrigues Jorge Alvares Fernão Mendes Pinto Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco João Rodrigues João...
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    Early European reports on the Japanese people

    João Rodrigues João Rodrigues Lourenço Mexia William Adams, he became a Samurai, and he inspired the main character in the novel Shogun, by James Clavell Alessandro Valignano Luís Fróis Organtino Gnecchi Luís Fróis Diogo do Couto Francis Xavier Organtino Gnecchi Luís Fróis (Azuchi...
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    Early European reports on the Japanese people

    These reports were made when Europeans first came in contact with them (XVI and XVII centuries). Would they bear any resemblance to the contemporary Japanese people? Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco Francesco Carletti Alessandro Valignano Cosme de Torres Alessandro Valignano João Rodrigues...
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    Native American testimonies from the book "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee"

    It is excellent that these testimonies have been recorded, otherwise we would have had only the invaders' perspective. As a child, I recall Native Americans never playing the "good guys" only the "bad boys". And yet their land was taken from them and they were brutally mistreated and pushed...
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