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Asian Travelers’ Visions of Britain and Ireland in the Early Modern Period

Much of world history, and even Asian history, often appears centered on Europe and on distinctions between Europeans and others. In particular, many prominent scholars have shown how European travelers’ accounts contributed to the post-Enlightenment development of early “modernity” that valued the “discovery” of other peoples and places and that also led to European colonial rule over much of the globe. Undoubtedly, European imperialist incursions into Asia linked parts of the world a...