East Sails West

Author : Stephen Davies
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888208209
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Sails West written by Stephen Davies and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1846, the Keying, a Chinese junk purchased by British investors, set sail from Hong Kong for London. Named after the Chinese Imperial Commissioner who had signed away Hong Kong to the British, manned by a Chinese and European crew, and carrying a travelling exhibition of Chinese items, theKeying had a troubled voyage. After quarrels on the way and a diversion to New York, culminating in a legal dispute over arrears of wages for Chinese members of the crew, it finally reached London in 1848, where it went on exhibition on the River Thames until 1853. It was then auctioned off, towed to Liverpool, and finally broken up. In this account of the ship, the crew and the voyage, Stephen Davies tells a story of missed opportunities, with an erratic course, overambitious aims, and achievements born of lucky breaks—a microcosm, in fact, of early Hong Kong and of the relations between China and the West.

Author : William MUDGE (Colonel, F.R.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Author : James Horsburgh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1144 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book India Directory, Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, and the Interjacent Ports written by James Horsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 1144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R. J. Cornewall-Jones
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Author : Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sailing Directions for the West Coasts of France, Spain and Portugal written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Horsburgh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 900 pages
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Download or read book The India Directory, Or: Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America written by James Horsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John William Norie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
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Download or read book New and Complete Sailing Directions for the East Coast of England, written by John William Norie and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Naval Oceanographic Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sailing Directions for the East Coasts of Central America and Mexico written by United States. Naval Oceanographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Hydrographic Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sailing Directions for the East Coasts of Central America and Mexico written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Perrin Towler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1399402641
Total Pages : 404 pages
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