Hi internet !
Just looked for the history of china in the french national archives and found absolutely nothing before the 16th century !!!
!!! Pour les francophones : J'ai rédigé cet article dans un anglais très simple et sera parfaitement traduit par Google Traduction ;-) Bonne lecture !!!
Here are the first historical traces of China in the french history :
(You can zoom on scans in sources)
1 - A Map of Servet, Michel (1511-1553) made in 1541
Source : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b5963019b/f1.item.r=Chine.zoom
2 - Here, a map of China from 1584 made by Abraham Ortelius (Anvers)
Source : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53143181w/f1.item.r=Chine.zoom
On this part of the map we can guess this is the great wall of China ...
On this one, there are strange charriots ...
Again those freemasons signs...
3 - On this one it is more clear !
This book was written in 1592 and it's talking about the domination of the Frenchs on the chineses an japaneses lands.
Already from page 1 to 5, you can see the trouble about dates
Source : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k87043403/f19.planchecontact.r=Chine
Here are two samples frome the first pages of the book :
4 - From Germany now :-)
A map of the Indian Ocean and seas od China
It's from 1599 and made by Gijsbertsz, Evert
Source : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52503219k/f1.item.r=Chine.zoom
Again, again, and again those freemasons signs...
5 - Here it is more special
It seems that they talk about the domination of China's kingdom in 1589 and it's written by González de Mendoza, Juan 1545-1618)
Source : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k8704867g/f5.planchecontact.r=Chine
6 - In this book from 1667, we can see crazy animals invented like the " chinese hippopotamus" (pic 1 on page 192) or litterally a dragon (pic 2 on page 171)
Source : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b20000389/f64.planchecontact.r=Chine
LOL He looks like Mushu
7 - So, let's go to the 17th century to see what they say
On 1656, Somer, Jean Pruthenus made this map
Source : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531431864/f1.item.r=Chine.zoom
We can see with this interesting ancart in the lower left corner that says they still not know that much about the names of the cities of China's kingdom and they'll give more informations later
8 - In 1655 - 1656
Funny ... Now China is not a kingdom but under the commandement of an emperor ???
Source : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b5963040r/f1.item.r=Chine.zoom
9 -This book seems very interesting and written in "françoy" (not old but very old french)
Looks like they a talking about the domination of Asia via military , commercial and religion actions (I'd like to have opinion on this)
Source : http://www.e-rara.ch/zuz/content/thumbview/14893751
10 - Still those "wind-charriots"(1) and the China's great Wall(2) on this map from 1660
Source : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b5963022t/f1.item.r=Chine.zoom
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For fun : Definition of "Corea" in 1881 :
-FR "Vaste presqu'île de la côte orientale d'Asie, forme un royaume INDÉPENDANT, 8 millions d'habitants.Capitale : Séoul"
-EN "Vast peninsula on the eastern coast of Asia, forms an INDEPENDENT kingdom, 8 million inhabitants.Capital: Seoul"
Source :http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84954667/f1.item.r=Cor%C3%A9e.zoom
Once again those freemasons signs...
We can read "Iaponia" (Japan)
Bonus image from 1780 showing Cochinchine (Vietnam)
Source : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69495207/f1.item.zoom
The last bonus picture is ... let's say weirld
About a "japanese temple" ... The temple of Diaboth located in Japan
Illustration from 1680
Source : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b2300064h/f60.item.r=Cor%C3%A9e.zoom
Conclusion :
After years of researches, I always finished my researches on freemasons