Between a warm welcome and open hostility, French missionaries had to overcome a series of misunderstandings to establish themselves in Siam, present-day Thailand. It was so despite their playing a ...

Based on a neglected cache of inquest files compiled by the Siamese Ministry of the Capital, official correspondence, and newspaper accounts, Trais Pearson documents the piecemeal introduction of new ...

Schenchzer's translation of Kaempfer's "De beschryving van Japan", made under the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, was first published in London, 1727. 2 volume siris_sil_1117732 ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...