Personal Narrative of Occurrences During Lord Elgin's Second Embassy to China, 1860

Henry Brougham Loch

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• In 1860, James Bruce (1811-63), the eighth Earl of Elgin, embarked upon a second embassy to China which aimed to obtain ratification of the Treaty of ... Lees meer

An Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, to the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1794 and 1795 2 Volume Set

André Everard Van Braam Houckgeest

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• First published in French in Philadelphia in 1797 and translated into English for the London edition of 1798 reissued here, this travelogue by André E... Lees meer

Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions 2 Volume Set

Edward J Reed

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• As Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy, Sir Edward Reed (1830-1906) oversaw the final move from wooden to ironclad ships. Upon resigning from the Navy... Lees meer

Relations de Voyages Et Textes Géographiques Arabes, Persans Et Turks Relatifs a l'Extrême-Orient Du Viiie Au Xviiie Siècles: Volume 2

Gabriel Ferrand

• Paperback | Frans | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• Gabriel Ferrand (1864-1935) travelled widely as a French diplomat and pursued scholarly passions as a polyglot orientalist. He served as consul to Mad... Lees meer

An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China 2 Volume Set

George Staunton

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• George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801) arrived in China in 1792 as a member of a British delegation whose objective was to improve trade and establish be... Lees meer

The Treaty Ports of China and Japan

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• As trade between the East and the West grew in the mid-nineteenth century, increasing numbers of Westerners travelled to China and Japan, and in 1867 ... Lees meer

Barrow's Travels in China

William Jardine Proudfoot

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• William Jardine Proudfoot (c.1804-1887) published his critique of Sir John Barrow's Travels in China (1804; also reissued in this series) with the age... Lees meer

Netherlands India

J S Furnivall

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• A classic study of the subject and one of the major works in English on Dutch colonialism in Indonesia, Furnivall's magisterial history was published ... Lees meer

Hertslet's China Treaties - 2 Volume Set

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• The first edition of this work, which outlines China's treaty engagements with various foreign powers, was published by Sir Edward Hertslet (1824-1902... Lees meer

Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59 2 Volume Set

Laurence Oliphant

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• In 1857 Laurence Oliphant (1829-88), lawyer, journalist, diplomat and sometime spy, later Liberal MP, satirical novelist, and, for a time, adherent of... Lees meer

Journal of an Embassy from the Governor General of India to the Court of Ava, in the Year 1827

John Crawfurd

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• After studying medicine at Edinburgh, John Crawfurd (1783-1868) joined the medical service of the East India Company. While posted at Penang, he studi... Lees meer

Relations de Voyages Et Textes Géographiques Arabes, Persans Et Turks Relatifs a l'Extrême-Orient Du Viiie Au Xviiie Siècles 2 Volume Set

Gabriel Ferrand

• Boek | Frans | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• Gabriel Ferrand (1864-1935) travelled widely as a French diplomat and pursued scholarly passions as a polyglot orientalist. He served as consul to Mad... Lees meer

The Mikado's Empire

William Elliot Griffis

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• A respected authority on Japan, William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928) did much to foster understanding between the United States and Japan in the late ni... Lees meer

Travels in Kamtschatka: Volume 1

Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de Lesseps

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• Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy de Lesseps (1766-1834), a French diplomat, served as an interpreter on La Pérouse's voyage around the world, which sailed fro... Lees meer

China Opened 2 Volume Set

Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff

• Remarkable yet controversial, the Prussian-born Protestant missionary Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (1803-51) sought to spread Christianity in the Fa... Lees meer

Problems of the Far East

George Nathaniel Curzon

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• Following his election to Parliament and extensive travels through Asia, George Nathaniel Curzon (1859-1925) published in 1894 this consideration of t... Lees meer

Le Royaume Du Cambodge 2 Volume Set

Jean Moura

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• In 1868, Jean Moura took up the post of Administrator of the French protectorate of Cambodia, established the previous year by invitation of the count... Lees meer

Memoirs of the Chief Incidents of the Public Life of Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart., Hon. D.C.L. of Oxford

George Thomas Staunton

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• Sir George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859), sinologist and politician, was a key figure in early nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations. Staunton secu... Lees meer

Miscellaneous Notices Relating to China, and Our Commercial Intercourse with That Country, Including a Few Translations from the Chinese Language

George Thomas Staunton

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• The sinologist George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859) learned Chinese as a child and accompanied his father on a trip to China in 1792 where, though the A... Lees meer

Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos

Henri Mouhot

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• As a young man, French naturalist Henri Mouhot (1826-61) taught languages in Russia and travelled widely in Europe with his brother Charles, sketching... Lees meer

The Closing Events of the Campaign in China

Granville Gower Loch

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• Naval officer Granville Gower Loch (1813–53) adapted his journal for this 1843 publication. Containing observations on the landscape, people, customs ... Lees meer

Corea or Cho-Sen

Arnold Henry Savage-Landor

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• Born and educated in Florence, Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1867-1925) abandoned his art studies in Paris in favour of adventurous expeditions across A... Lees meer

A Journal of the First French Embassy to China, 1698-1700

François Froger

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• It was not until the early twentieth century that the previously unpublished source of this 1859 work was identified as being itself a reworking of Fr... Lees meer

The Present Position and Prospects of the British Trade with China

James Matheson

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• James Matheson (1796-1878) became a leading taipan, with significant influence and power in Hong Kong. When this pamphlet was published, in 1836, he w... Lees meer