Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China

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Fortune, Robert

Asia

Franklin Classics

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; With an Account of the ... Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc

This is a reprint of the Second Edition of this work which contains considerably more information than the first edition. At the time of its publication in 1847 it was very favourably received. China was mysterious and largely unknown to Westerners when Robert Fortune set out on his travels. The few travellers who had ventured there were largely confined to Canton or Macao and saw nothing of the central area, its provinces and government.

Wanderings in China

Fortune

Kegan Paul

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections                                      such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,                                       or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,                                       have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works                                       worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.                                                                             ++++                                      The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:                                      ++++                                       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. Including Notices Of Many Natural Productions And Works Art, The Culture Of Silk. With Suggestions On The Present War. With Illustrations Rob Fortune John Murray, 1857 History; Asia; General; History / Asia / China; History / Asia / General

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 ... silk, &c; with suggestions on the present war

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A GATHERING FOR CLAUDETTE

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Finrose Holding Pty Ltd

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A Journey to the Tea-Countries of China, Including Sung-Lo and the Bohea Hills: With a Short Notice of the East India Company's Tea Plantations in the Himalaya Mountains

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Legare Street 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 to 1856

Travel

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

China was still largely alien territory for westerners in the mid-nineteenth century. In this book, first published in 1857, Robert Fortune (1813-80) 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.

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)

Cambridge University Press

First published in 1847, this is an important description of what were then little-known parts of China by the botanist Robert Fortune (1812-80). Son of a hedger, Fortune rose to be one of the most famous gardeners, botanists and plant hunters of his day, making several visits to China to bring out commercially important plants, especially tea for introduction to British India, and ornamental plants (many now bearing the name fortunei) which were enthusiastically taken up by Victorian gardeners. His three years in China took him to areas newly open to Europeans after Chinese defeat in the First Opium War (1839-42). His sometimes trenchant criticisms of the Chinese - like his contemporaries, he was fully persuaded of the superiority of the West - are balanced by his knowledgeable comments on local flora and plant cultivation, and the book remains an insightful early description of inland regions of China.

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries (Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia)

When Scottish botanist Robert Fortune (1812-80) travelled to Japan in 1860, shortly after it had reopened to foreign visitors for the first time in centuries, he found the islands to be both mysterious and dangerous. This work, first published in 1863, is Fortune's spirited account of his travels, from Nagasaki to Yedo (modern-day Tokyo) and then on to Peking (Beijing). Fortune had previously spent several years in China researching tea plants and tea-growing technology, which he later introduced to the plantations of India. (His books on his experiences in China are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.) An engaging raconteur, Fortune includes here not only detailed horticultural information, but also his observations and opinions on Japan's 'strange people and their very beautiful land'. This remains for scholars and general readers an illuminating piece of travel writing, enhanced by the illustrations throughout.

Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China (Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia)

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