Juan González de Mendoza, O.S.A. was a Spanish bishop, explorer, sinologist, and writer. He was the author of one of the earliest Western histories of China. Wikipedia
Born: 1545, Torrecilla en Cameros, Spain
Died: February 14, 1618 (age 73 years), Popayán, Colombia
Church: Catholic Church
Books
The history of the great and mighty kingdom of China and the situation thereof
2016
The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof: Compiled by the Padre Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza, and Now Reprinted from the Early Translation of R. Parke
1853
中华大帝国史
The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China - Scholar's Choice Edition
History of the Kingdom of China (Vol. 1&2)
The Historie of the Great and Mightie Kingdome of China, and the Situation Thereof: Togither with the Great Riches, Huge Citties, Politike Gouernement, and Rare Inuentions in the Same