Robert Fortune

Yedo and Peking

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A lively and illuminating account of Scottish botanist Robert Fortune's travels through Japan and China, first published in 1863.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781108045926
• ISBN-10: 1108045928
• Artikelnr.: 37455268

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. First view of Japan
2. We leave Nagasaki
3. Town of Kanagawa
4. Journey from Kanagawa to Yedo
5. The city of Yedo
6. The country round Yedo
7. A journey in search of new plants
8. Residence of the Abbé Girard
9. Leave Yedo
10. Adieu to Yokuhama
11. Return to Japan
12. Invitation from the American minister to visit Yedo
13. Return to Kanagawa
14. Journey into the country
15. Assassinations
16. Climate of Japan
17. Other productions of Japan
18. Narrative resumed
19. Leave Shangae for Peking
20. The people of Tien-tsin
21. Leave Tien-tsin for Peking
22. The streets of Peking
23. A journey to the mountains
Index.