Project Gutenberg 2011-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 178 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.) Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr America -- Discovery and exploration -- Chinese E011 Text FR Histoire Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography Category: History - Other Category: History - American Category: History - European Category: History - Ancient Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Religious Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 122840 2025-06-14T10:33:55.065507 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 293484 2025-06-14T10:34:02.712447 application/epub+zip 293414 2025-06-14T10:33:58.883506 application/epub+zip 108785 2025-06-14T10:33:57.452481 application/epub+zip 1022306 2025-06-14T10:34:05.289467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1004490 2025-06-14T10:34:01.796448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285628 2022-09-16T07:09:02.404173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97791 2025-06-14T10:33:54.545496 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 19117 2025-06-14T10:34:05.622432 application/rdf+xml 21693 2025-06-14T10:33:58.031493 image/jpeg 4637 2025-06-14T10:33:57.746459 image/jpeg 251726 2025-06-14T10:33:55.081507 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia