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CONTENTS.

THE NARRATIVE OF HOEI-SHIN, WITH COMMENTS BY PROFESSOR CARL F. NEUMANN.

 


CHAPTER I.

 

 

PAGE

KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES AMONG THE CHINESE

3

CHINESE KNOWLEDGE OF LANDS AND NATIONS

6


CHAPTER II.

 

IDENTITY OF THE TARTARS AND NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS; OR, THE ROAD TO AMERICA, AND THE PEOPLE IN IT,

7

TUNGUSE EASTERN BARBARIANS,

6

KAMTSCHATKA IN THE TIME OF TANG,

15


CHAPTER III.

 

TAHAN OR ALIASKA, AND ITS DISCOVERY,

21

THE KINGDOM OF FUSING, OR MEXICO,

25

OF WRITING AND CIVIL REGULATIONS IN FUSING,

26

THE KINGDOM AND THE NOBLER OF FUSANG,

27

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS,

27

AMAZONIA,

29

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CHAPTER IV.

 

 

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REMARKS ON THE REPORT OF HOEI-SHIN,

31

THE OLDEST HISTORY OF MEXICO,

33

THE RUINS OF MITLA AND PALENQUE,

84

FUSANG, MAGUEY, AGAVE AMERICANA,

37

METALS AND MONEY,

38

LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF THE AZTECS,

39

DOMESTIC ANIMALS,

40


CHAPTER V.

 

CHINESE AND JAPANESE IN KAMTSCHATKA AND THE HAWAIIAN GROUP,

43

THE FUTURE OF EASTERN ASIA,

46


REMARKS ON THE TEXT OF PROFESSOR NEUMANN.

 


CHAPTER VI.

 

FUSANG AND PERU,

49


LETTER FROM COLONEL BARCLAY KENNON ON THE NAVIGATION OF THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

 


CHAPTER VII.

 

NAVIGATION OF THE NORTH PACIFIC,

63


CHAPTER VIII.

 

REMARKS ON COLONEL KENNON'S LETTER,

81


CHAPTER IX.

 

TRAVELS OF OTHER BUDDHIST PRIESTS (FROM THE FOURTH TO THE EIGHTH CENTURY A.D.),

87

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AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES, WITH THEIR RELATIONS TO THE OLD WORLD.

 


CHAPTER X.

 

 

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AFFINITIES OF AMERICAN AND ASIATIC LANGUAGES,

99


CHAPTER XI.

 

THE MOUND-BUILDERS AND MEXICANS,

110


CHAPTER XII.

 

IMAGES OF BUDDHA,

119


THE ADVOCATES AND OPPONENTS OF THE NARRATIVE OF HOEI-SHIN.

 


CHAPTER XIII.

 

DEGUIGNES, KLAPROTH, AND D’EICHTHAL,

125


THE LATEST DISCUSSION OF FUSANG.

 


CHAPTER XIV.

 

T. SIMPSON AND DR E. BRETSCHNEIDER; OR, EUROPEANS RESIDING IN CHINA ON FUSANG,

161

 


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