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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 - Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
Robert Fortune
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 - Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
Robert Fortune
The botanist Robert Fortune (1813–80) first went to China as a plant collector for the Royal Horticultural Society, but returned not long after as an employee of the East India Company, in search of tea samples. This entertaining account, first published in 1857, describes his third expedition there.
470 pages, 22 b/w illus.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 8, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9781108045544 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 470 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 27 mm · 590 g |
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