How did european contact with china and japan in the 16th century differ from european contact with the americas and africa?

In the second half of the 15th century, Europe entered an age of discovery which resulted in new, increasingly dense relationships with territories and populations all over the world. This also involved geographical, geological and other discoveries, as knowledge of the shape and layout of the world and the location of resources entered the Western consciousness. But there was also an important ethnoanthropological aspect to the discoveries, as the variety of peoples and forms of the social organization affected European reflections on human society, culture, religion, government and civilization through a continuous interplay between the testimonies of travelers and the work of scholars at home.

In the second half of the 15th century, Europe entered an age of discovery which resulted in new, increasingly dense relationships with territories and populations all over the world. This also involved geographical, geological and other discoveries, as knowledge of the shape and layout of the world and the location of resources entered the Western consciousness. But there was also an important ethnoanthropological aspect to the discoveries, as the variety of peoples and forms of the social organization affected European reflections on human society, culture, religion, government and civilization through a continuous interplay between the testimonies of travelers and the work of scholars at home.