Project Gutenberg 2011-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 54 Paravey, Charles Hippolyte, chevalier de 1787 1871 De Paravey, Charles Hippolyte, chevalier f01003601 L'Amérique sous le nom de pays de Fou-Sang Produced by Guillaume Doré, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "L'Amérique sous le nom de pays de Fou-Sang" by Paravey is a historical treatise written in the mid-19th century. This work investigates the ancient Chinese references to a land called "Fou-Sang," positing that it may be an early recognition of the Americas well before the voyages of Columbus. The text delves into historical records and geographical interpretations to assert connections between ancient Asia and the Americas, exploring the possible migration of Buddhist monks to these distant shores. The opening of the text introduces the concept that the country of Fou-Sang was known in Asia as early as the 5th century, citing various scholars who have interpreted Chinese annals to identify it with North America. Paravey references the work of notable figures like M. de Guignes, who argued that the descriptions in the Chinese records align closely with geographical features and cultural practices found in the Americas. The text suggests that Buddhist missionaries may have navigated from Asia to the Americas, bringing their culture and religion, further establishing the connections between these two worlds long before contemporary explorations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr America -- Discovery and exploration -- Chinese E011 Text FR Histoire Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 122707 122716 2024-09-15T04:02:54.397150 2023-09-15T09:50:47.450390 text/html text/html 119222 2011-01-31T15:47:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 136765 2011-01-31T15:47:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 266145 2024-09-15T04:02:59.299117 application/epub+zip 266316 2024-09-15T04:02:55.963094 application/epub+zip 110964 2024-09-15T04:02:55.001124 application/epub+zip 984453 2024-09-15T04:03:01.639095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 966683 2024-09-15T04:02:58.615117 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285628 2022-09-16T07:09:02.404173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97791 97565 2024-09-15T04:02:53.900100 2023-09-15T09:50:46.986375 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 95877 2011-01-31T15:47:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 37486 2011-01-31T15:47:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18569 2024-09-15T04:03:01.781079 application/rdf+xml 21661 2024-09-15T04:02:55.361094 image/jpeg 4648 2024-09-15T04:02:55.180090 image/jpeg 225682 2024-09-15T04:02:54.412140 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog