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A SKETCH OF CHINESE HISTORY, ANCIENT AND MODERN 2 VOLUME SET
COMPRISING A RETROSPECT OF THE FOREIGN INTERCOURSE AND TRADE WITH CHINA |
| By: |
Karl Friedrich August Gutzlaff |
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Multiple copy pack |
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£59.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108079482 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108079488 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
3 September, 2014 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History |
| Pages: |
934 |
| Description: |
This 1834 two-volume work sought to diminish Anglophone ignorance of China's history from mythological times to the ruling Qing dynasty. |
| Synopsis: |
Remarkable yet controversial, the Prussian-born Protestant missionary Karl Friedrich August Gutzlaff (1803-51) sought to spread Christianity in the Far East. A gifted linguist, he sailed to Siam and worked on translating the Bible into Thai. The British missionary Robert Morrison had fired his interest in China, and Gutzlaff later focused his evangelising efforts there, learning several dialects and distributing translated literature. He also worked for the East India Company, notably serving as an interpreter during negotiations for the Treaty of Nanking. Also reissued in this series are his Journal of Three Voyages along the Coast of China (1834) and China Opened (1838). The present work, published in two volumes in 1834, aimed to diminish Anglophone ignorance of China's vast history. Volume 1 traces Chinese history from mythological times to the end of the Ming dynasty in 1644. Volume 2 covers the Qing dynasty and closes by considering foreign influence. |
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1 map |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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