East Sails West
Title | East Sails West PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Davies |
Publisher | Hong Kong University Press |
Pages | 377 |
Release | 2013-12-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9888208209 |
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.
Sailing directions for the North-East, North, and North-West coasts of Ireland (partly drawn up by ... W. Mudge ... completed ... by G. A. Frazer).
Title | Sailing directions for the North-East, North, and North-West coasts of Ireland (partly drawn up by ... W. Mudge ... completed ... by G. A. Frazer). PDF eBook |
Author | William MUDGE (Colonel, F.R.S.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 1842 |
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East and West
Title | East and West PDF eBook |
Author | Y. J. Choi |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 578 |
Release | 2010-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1450265421 |
East and West: Understanding the Rise of China by Y.J. Choi Innumerable articles and books have been written about East Asia and China since this part of the world has been catapulted into the center of the global economic scene. Unfortunately, most, if not all of them, are wide of the mark in terms of understanding the geographic and philosophical fundamentals of Eastern civilizations undergirding the rise of the East. The relative decline of the West appears to be inevitable as the ascendance of the East prompts a shift of the center of gravity from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Accordingly, we need to understand the East (and the West, for that matter) by freeing ourselves from the centuries-old habit of West-centrism. Neither in the West nor in the East do we find a paper written with a balanced approach regarding the two civilizations. Because of this, and thanks to his vast experience in both East and West, Ambassador Y.J. Choi was prompted to explain this epochal change by comparing the two civilizations on equal footing. His text constitutes the very first book attempting an objective, neutral and balanced comparison of ancient Eastern and European/Mediterranean civilizations, including their influence on and implications for contemporary events.
The art of sail-making
Title | The art of sail-making PDF eBook |
Author | Art |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1843 |
Genre | |
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India Directory, Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, and the Interjacent Ports
Title | India Directory, Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, and the Interjacent Ports PDF eBook |
Author | James Horsburgh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1144 |
Release | 1817 |
Genre | Aids to navigation |
ISBN |
The British Merchant Sevice
Title | The British Merchant Sevice PDF eBook |
Author | R J Cornewall-Jones |
Publisher | |
Pages | 746 |
Release | 1898 |
Genre | Merchant marine |
ISBN |
The British merchant service
Title | The British merchant service PDF eBook |
Author | R. J. Cornewall-Jones |
Publisher | |
Pages | 606 |
Release | 1898 |
Genre | Merchant marine |
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