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

by Robert Fortune
language: english
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, March of 2012 ‧
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The botanist Robert Fortune (1813â€"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.

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

by Robert Fortune

Property Description
ISBN: 9781108045544
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: March of 2012
Language: English
Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 470
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Asia
EAN: 9781108045544