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

Laurence Oliphant

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• 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

The 'Ever-Victorious Army'

Andrew Wilson

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• Journalist and traveller Andrew Wilson (1831-1881) was born in India to colonial missionaries. Educated in Europe, he later edited the China Mail in H... Lees meer

Colonial Policy and Practice

John Sydenham Furnivall

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• A noted historian of Burma and a founder of the Burma Research Society, John Sydenham Furnivall (1878-1960) supported Burmese independence and freedom... Lees meer

Address to the People of Great Britain, Explanatory of Our Commercial Relations with the Empire of China

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• This anonymous work, sometimes attributed to G. J. Gordon, a researcher into tea cultivation, was published in 1836 after the East India Company's los... Lees meer

Japanese Girls and Women

Alice Mabel Bacon

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• After a year in Tokyo, American teacher Alice Mabel Bacon (1858-1918) became the first author to explore Japan's class system, cultural history and mo... 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

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• This collection of translated texts and essays by sinologist and East India Company employee George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859), published in 1822, pr... Lees meer

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

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

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• 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

Travels in Kamtschatka: Volume 1

Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de Lesseps

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• 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

The Chinese and Their Rebellions

Thomas Taylor Meadows

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• Inspired by the lectures in Munich of the German orientalist Karl Friedrich Neumann, Thomas Taylor Meadows (1815-68) devoted himself to the study of C... Lees meer

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

Henri Mouhot

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• 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

Lion and Dragon in Northern China

Reginald F Johnston

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874-1938) was a colonial administrator and scholar with a lifelong fascination with China who was appointed tutor to t... Lees meer

Japan and the Japanese

Aimé Humbert

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• Taking advantage of his diplomatic privilege in Japan to travel further and inquire deeper than other foreigners, Swiss envoy Aimé Humbert (1819-1900)... Lees meer

Travels in Kamtschatka: Volume 2

Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de Lesseps

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• 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

A Sketch of Chinese History, Ancient and Modern 2 Volume Set

Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• Remarkable yet controversial, the Prussian-born Protestant missionary Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (1803-51) sought to spread Christianity in the Fa... Lees meer

The Closing Events of the Campaign in China

Granville Gower Loch

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• Naval officer Granville Gower Loch (1813-53) adapted his journal for this 1843 publication. Containing observations on the landscape, people, customs ... Lees meer

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

John Crawfurd

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• 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: 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 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

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• 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

Corea, the Hermit Nation

William Elliot Griffis

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• Described as a 'hermit nation' because it isolated itself from the rest of the world, Korea remained very little known to English speakers in the late... Lees meer

A Diplomat in Japan

Ernest Satow

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• A brilliant linguist, Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) was recruited into the British consular service as a student interpreter in 1861. The following yea... 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

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• Staunton was a sinologist and an influential figure in nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations. He worked for the East India Company's Canton facto... Lees meer

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

Henri Mouhot

• Boek | Frans | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• 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

Japan in Art and Industry

F LIX Elie R Gamey, Felix Elie Regamey

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His
• Ending centuries of isolation, the Meiji era opened Japan to the world in the late nineteenth century, revealing a rich and sophisticated culture. Lar... Lees meer