'Their pagodas or temples'
Date
1684-1685
Creator
Samuel Baron (Dutch) , Merchant
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (page): 455mm
width (page): 590mm
width (page): 590mm
Description
'Their Pagodas or Temples', depicting a group of locals gathered in prayer in a temple at the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long. Samuel Baron copied the image after an original by an unknown local artist for inclusion in his 'A description of the kingdom of Tonqueen' Vol. VI, plate 13.
Drawings of the customs and manners of Hanoi, Vietnam, to accompany the written description of Samuel Baron (fl. 1670s-90s) of Fort St George, Madras. Engraved versions of these illustrations were later published as part of A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, ed. by Awsham and John Churchill (London, 1732). Manuscript amendments and inscriptions indicate some pre-publication correction, probably by the printer.
Drawings of the customs and manners of Hanoi, Vietnam, to accompany the written description of Samuel Baron (fl. 1670s-90s) of Fort St George, Madras. Engraved versions of these illustrations were later published as part of A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, ed. by Awsham and John Churchill (London, 1732). Manuscript amendments and inscriptions indicate some pre-publication correction, probably by the printer.
Object history
In 1686, Samuel Baron sent his manuscript 'Description of Tonqueen' from Fort St George, Madras to Robert Hooke and Robert Hoskins. The manuscript was not published until 1732 when it appeared in the sixth volume of the second and subsequent editions of Awnsham and John Churchill, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, 6 vols (London, 1732).
The text has been published as an edition in 2006, as Samuel Baron and Christoforo Borri, Views of Seventeenth-Century Vietnam: Christoforo Borri on Cochinchina and Samuel Baron on Tonkin, ed. by Olga Dror and K. W. Taylor (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006).
The text has been published as an edition in 2006, as Samuel Baron and Christoforo Borri, Views of Seventeenth-Century Vietnam: Christoforo Borri on Cochinchina and Samuel Baron on Tonkin, ed. by Olga Dror and K. W. Taylor (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006).
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