Rodrigues the Interpreter

Download or read book Rodrigues the Interpreter written by Michael Cooper and published by Weatherhill, Incorporated. This book was released on 1974 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life of Jesuit João Rodrigues (1558-1633), who spent more than half his life in Japan and China. Rodrigues won the friendship of Japan's two succesive supreme rulers, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu; took an active role in the silk trade between China and Japan; and, serving as the principle interpreter between East and West, was for some years the most influential European in the entire country.