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Narrative of a Recent Imprisonment in China after the Wreck of the Kite
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Narrative of a Recent Imprisonment in China after the Wreck of the Kite
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) John Lee Scott
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Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:156 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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Category/Genre | Asian and Middle Eastern history |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781108013802
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Classifications | Dewey:951.033 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
4 Plates, black and white
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
10 June 2010 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Narrative of a Recent Imprisonment in China after the Wreck of the Kite (1841) is an autobiographical account, written by the merchant sailor John Lee Scott, of his 'shipwreck and subsequent imprisonment in the Celestial Empire' in 1840, during the First Anglo-Chinese or so-called 'Opium' War. In eight chapters, Scott describes leaving South Shields in the Kite, 'a beautiful brig of 281 tons' for Singapore in order to 'carry stores to the British fleet destined for China'. Scott recounts how the Kite was capsized on its way to deliver supplies to the British fleet based around Chusan, and how he and other crew members, after being washed up on the island of Ningpo, were captured by the Chinese and held prisoner for five months. Scott's Narrative provides an interesting insight into British perceptions of the Chinese during the Anglo-Chinese conflicts of the nineteenth century.
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