Western books about China before 1949 Rambles of a naturalist on the shores and waters of the China Sea : being observations in natural history during a voyage to China, Formosa, Borneo, Singapore, etc., made in Her Majesty's vessels in 1866 and 1867
by Cuthbert Collingwood
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J. Murray,
1868
xiii, 445 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
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Western books about China before 1949 Authors
Collingwood, Cuthbert, 1826-1908 Subjects
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Includes index The voyage to China overland: impressions of Hong Kong -- Hong Kong to Pratas Island -- Formosa: Ta-kau-con, and the Pescadores Island -- Formosa: Tam-suy -- Formosa: From Tam-suy to Ke-lung -- Formosa: Ke-lung -- Formosa: Sau-o Bay -- The islands north-east of Formosa -- Haitan Straits and coast of China -- Hong Kong to Labuan -- Labuan -- Sarawak -- The Sarawak River -- Singapore -- Cultivation in Singapore -- Johore and the Straits -- Manilla -- Hong Kong: Chinese New Year, etc. -- Canton -- The surface population of the ocean -- Observations at sea -- The luminosity of the sea -- The voyage home Language
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