1. Sloane MS 3460
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 3460
- Title:
- Letter from the Trinh Lord to the English East India Company
- Scope & Content:
- Content: Letter from Trịnh Tac, the ruler of Tonkin (r. 1657-1682) in the form of an illuminated scroll written in the Vietnamese language in Chinese (Han Nom) characters, probably despatched in 1673). In 1672 the first English East India Company ship arrived in Tonkin in North Vietnam, and in ...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Vietnamese
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 scroll
