The Orient has been sought out by caravans traversing the Silk Road, by sailing ships plying the South Seas, by explorers, gunboats, merchants, missionaries, and scholars over the course of the ages.
絲路上的駝鈴、汪洋裡的帆船，後來還加上洋槍和大砲；探險家的足跡之後，商人、傳教士、漢學家也遍遊東方。