Robert Fortune

A Residence Among the Chinese

Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1857, this is Robert Fortune's account of his fascinating and bizarre 1853-6 expedition to China.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781108045544
• ISBN-10: 1108045545
• Artikelnr.: 35111005

Autorenporträt

William de Lange studied Japanese language and culture at the universities of Leiden and Waseda. He is the author and translator of a number of books on Japanese history, culture, and language.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Arrival at Shanghae
2. Objects in visiting China
3. Tea-gatherers and their wages
4. Entomology
5. Visit a collector of ancient works of art
6. Boat-travelling
7. Difficulty in procuring black-tea manufacturers
8. Return to the tea-districts of Chekiang
9. Journey to the Snowy Valley and waterfalls
10. Collections shipped for India
11. Visit the port of Foo-chow-foo
12. Return to Chekiang
13. A dinner audience
14. Season's collections shipped for India
15. The Tsien-Tang river
16. Leave Shanghae for the silk country
17. Enter the city of Hoo-chow-foo
18. Ascend the Lun-ke river
19. Leave the silk country
20. Tea-makers from Fokien and Kiangse engaged for India
21. Return to the interior
22. On the present war.