Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza (circa 1540-1617) was the author of the
first Western history of China to publish Chinese characters.
Published by him in 1586, "Historia de las cosas mas notables,
ritos y costumbres del gran reyno de la China" is an account of
observations several Spanish travelers in China. An English
translation by Robert Parke appeared in 1588 and was reprinted by
the Hakluyt Society in two volumes, edited by Sir George T.
Staunton, Bart. (London, 1853-54).This is the first of those two
volumes. Mendoza was born at Toledo. He joined the army but after
some years resigned to enter the Order of Saint Augustine. He based
his most famous text on the journals of Miguel de Luarca, whose
1580 trip to Ming China provided the material for his book. He
never set foot in China, but spent two years in Mexico before
returning to Spain. He was afterward Bishop of the Lipari Islands,
of Chiapas, and of Popayan.
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