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Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China de Robert Fortune

Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

Autor Robert Fortune
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 oct 2012
When Scottish botanist Robert Fortune (1812–80) travelled to Japan in 1860, shortly after it had reopened to foreign visitors for the first time in centuries, he found the islands to be both mysterious and dangerous. This work, first published in 1863, is Fortune's spirited account of his travels, from Nagasaki to Yedo (modern-day Tokyo) and then on to Peking (Beijing). Fortune had previously spent several years in China researching tea plants and tea-growing technology, which he later introduced to the plantations of India. (His books on his experiences in China are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.) An engaging raconteur, Fortune includes here not only detailed horticultural information, but also his observations and opinions on Japan's 'strange people and their very beautiful land'. This remains for scholars and general readers an illuminating piece of travel writing, enhanced by the illustrations throughout.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108045926
ISBN-10: 1108045928
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 20 b/w illus. 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; 1. First view of Japan; 2. We leave Nagasaki; 3. Town of Kanagawa; 4. Journey from Kanagawa to Yedo; 5. The city of Yedo; 6. The country round Yedo; 7. A journey in search of new plants; 8. Residence of the Abbé Girard; 9. Leave Yedo; 10. Adieu to Yokuhama; 11. Return to Japan; 12. Invitation from the American minister to visit Yedo; 13. Return to Kanagawa; 14. Journey into the country; 15. Assassinations; 16. Climate of Japan; 17. Other productions of Japan; 18. Narrative resumed; 19. Leave Shangae for Peking; 20. The people of Tien-tsin; 21. Leave Tien-tsin for Peking; 22. The streets of Peking; 23. A journey to the mountains; Index.

Descriere

A lively and illuminating account of Scottish botanist Robert Fortune's travels through Japan and China, first published in 1863.