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Hardpress Publishing A Residence Among the Chinese Inland on the Coast and at Sea Being a Narrative of Scenes and Adventures During a Third Visit to China from 1853 to 1856 1
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HardPress Publishing A Journey to the Tea Countries of China Including SungLo and the Bohea Hills With a Short Notice of the East India Companys Tea Plantations in the Himalaya Mountains by Robert Fortune. With Map and Illustrations
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Hardpress Publishing Yedo and Peking a Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China 1
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HardPress Publishing Yedo and Peking a Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China
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HardPress Publishing Three Years Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China Including a Visit to the Tea Silk and Cotton Countries With an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese New Plants Etc
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Two Visits to the Tea Countries of China and the British Tea Plantations in the Himalaya With a ... Full Description of the Culture of the Tea Plant the Agriculture Horticulture and Botany of China. Third Edition Etc
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HardPress Publishing Two Visits to the Tea Countries of China and the British Tea Plantations in the Himalaya
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Cambridge University Press A Residence among the Chinese Inland on the Coast and at Sea Being a Narrative of Scenes and Adventures during a Third Visit to China from 1853 Collection Travel and Exploration in Asia
Book SynopsisChina was still largely alien territory for westerners in the mid-nineteenth century. In this book, first published in 1857, Robert Fortune (1813â80) describes his third visit there, but despite his relative familiarity with the country, his account is full of strange and bizarre sights and happenings. Beginning in Shanghai, where he was sent to collect tea samples for the East India Company, he describes an earthquake and the myths of its aftermath, along with his fears of becoming embroiled in the Taiping Rebellion. A keen botanist and entomologist in his own right, he also collected insects (a pastime that led him to become a figure of great hilarity among the locals) and explored the flora of the north. His account of his three-year expedition offers a glimpse of the Chinese language and culture through the lens of Victorian expectations, and is a fascinating resource for students and the general reader.Table of ContentsPreface; 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.
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