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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Benjamin Couch "BC" Henry was a missionary in Hong Kong and southern China in the second half of the 19th century. Yet he was much more too a keen observer, a skilled naturalist and an intrepid explorer. The bulk of his career in China was spent in what was then commonly known as "Ling-nam", the Pearl River Delta and environs of Guangzhou (Canton). These excerpts of Henry's travelogue LING-NAM, published in 1886, contain one of the most detailed walking tours of Guangzhou that has survived. Similarly so his travels through the silk, tea and market garden regions adjoining the metropolis. And finally, we have Henry's ground-breaking account of his expeditions around Hainan Island in 1882, then the most extensive undertaken to date by a foreigner. Henry's portrait of southern China was built up over 20 years' work and exploration in the region and provides one of the most in-depth looks at southern Chinese life from the growth of Hong Kong, to the bustling streets of Guangzhou, to Hainan's "Island of Palms"."Drifting slowly by a large collection of flower-boats, gay with lamps and mirrors, and richly furnished with black-wood sofas and embroidered curtains? Dire confusion is often created among the slipper-boats, whose anchorage adjoins, by the surging of the steamer against their outer lines, causing them to jump, and sputter, and dart about like a swarm of ants, shell-like craft, whilst they vociferously hurl maledictions at the great steamer.".

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Ling-Nam | Hong Kong, Canton and Hainan Island in the 1880s | Benjamin Couch Bc Henry | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2023 | Blacksmith Books | EAN 9789887554776 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Cross and the Dragon | Light in the Broad East | Benjamin Couch Henry | Taschenbuch | 520 S. | Englisch | 2017 | hansebooks | EAN 9783337253998 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Hansebooks GmbH, Trakehner Weg 52, 22844 Norderstedt, gb[at]hansebooks[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Benjamin Couch "BC" Henry was a missionary in Hong Kong and southern China in the second half of the 19th century. Yet he was much more too a keen observer, a skilled naturalist and an intrepid explorer. The bulk of his career in China was spent in what was then commonly known as "Ling-nam", the Pearl River Delta and environs of Guangzhou (Canton). These excerpts of Henry's travelogue LING-NAM, published in 1886, contain one of the most detailed walking tours of Guangzhou that has survived. Similarly so his travels through the silk, tea and market garden regions adjoining the metropolis. And finally, we have Henry's ground-breaking account of his expeditions around Hainan Island in 1882, then the most extensive undertaken to date by a foreigner. Henry's portrait of southern China was built up over 20 years' work and exploration in the region and provides one of the most in-depth looks at southern Chinese life from the growth of Hong Kong, to the bustling streets of Guangzhou, to Hainan's "Island of Palms"."Drifting slowly by a large collection of flower-boats, gay with lamps and mirrors, and richly furnished with black-wood sofas and embroidered curtains? Dire confusion is often created among the slipper-boats, whose anchorage adjoins, by the surging of the steamer against their outer lines, causing them to jump, and sputter, and dart about like a swarm of ants, shell-like craft, whilst they vociferously hurl maledictions at the great steamer." 120 pp. Englisch.

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1st Edition. 3 double-page black & white maps prepared from the author's notes, showing Central Canton, Northern Canton and Hainan. Black and white frontispiece and 18 text illustrations + two plates, 511pp. 19 x 13.2cm. A little light foxing, text generally clean and sound. Original grey cloth covered boards, a little discoloured, cloth rubbed at extremities, spine dull and a little worn, and faint prior owner name dated November 24/ '86, resewn with the original and new endpapers. An attractive pictorial cover. Interesting commentary on the then little known areas (to Europeans) in Southern China and the island of Hainan.

Pp. 511. With 3 maps (two of Canton and one of Hainan) and many full page plates and illustrations in the text made after sketches by native artists. Publisher's pictorial red cloth printed in black and gilt, faded and slightly rubbed. A prize award copy. First edition of this informative work on Southern China or Ling-Nam based on the author's travels in the region. Cordier BS 2147.