Exploration Into China
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Exploration Into China
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Author : Tʻao Wang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Exploration Into China written by Tʻao Wang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
The story of Chinese history until the opening up of the country by Europeans is given, with a brief overview of its recent history & contemporary life.
Exploration Into China
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Author : Wang Tao
language : en
Publisher: New Discovery
Release Date : 1995-08-01
Exploration Into China written by Wang Tao and has been published by New Discovery this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Presents the political and cultural history of China from early human fossil remains to modern times. Includes a time line relating events in China to events in the rest of the world.
Westerners In China
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Author : Foster Stockwell
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-10-03
Westerners In China written by Foster Stockwell and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-03 with History categories.
Today the doors of China are opening to foreign investment and trade as never before, but the history of contact between China and the West goes back many centuries. Goods from China were being traded in Rome long before the birth of Christ, transported over the famous silk road that crossed Mongolia and Russia. But not until the mid-fifteenth century, when Marco Polo published his account of his travels, did China really capture the European imagination. Subsequent centuries saw missionary trips to China by Franciscans and Jesuits, a European craze for Chinese silk and porcelain, European visits to Tibet, the infamous Opium War between Britain and China, and further instances of contact, commerce, and conflict. China has shown amazing economic growth since 1949, and today it has set ambitious goals for growth in trade and technology. This book traces the history of Western exploration in and trade with China. It follows the events outlined above and touches on many other highlights, including exploration by the Russian Nikolay Przhevalsky, who traveled deep into China and today is largely remembered for the horse he discovered and identified there; the travels of nineteenth-century women explorers in China; American Roy Chapman's discovery of the first fossilized dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert; and the competition between two American explorers to be the first to capture a live panda. Also included are a chronology of Chinese history and a pronunciation guide.
Camps And Trails In China
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Author : Roy Chapman Andrews
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-16
Camps And Trails In China written by Roy Chapman Andrews and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-16 with Travel categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Camps and Trails in China" (A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China) by Roy Chapman Andrews, Yvette Borup Andrews. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Chinese Global Exploration In The Pre Columbian Era Evidence From An Ancient World Map
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Author : Sheng-wei Wang
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2023-10-16
Chinese Global Exploration In The Pre Columbian Era Evidence From An Ancient World Map written by Sheng-wei Wang and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-16 with History categories.
How early did the Chinese explore the world? Did the Treasure Fleets, led by Admiral Zheng He, discover many parts of the world before Christopher Columbus? While it is known that Christopher Columbus discovered America and Europe ushered in the Age of Discovery, there is an ongoing debate on the 'unknown' areas depicted in Western maps from the period and earlier. There is agreement among scholars that certain areas seem to have been mapped out prior to the arrival of Western explorers.Chinese Global Exploration in the Pre-Columbian Era: Evidence from an Ancient World Map analyses the world's first modern map — known as Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (KWQ) 《坤輿萬國全圖》 in Chinese, translated as the 'Complete Geographical Map of All Kingdoms of the World' to demonstrate evidence of Chinese global exploration in the Pre-Columbian era. The map of concern was first printed by Italian missionary, Matteo Ricci in 1602, and has been purported to be of entirely European origin, based on Ricci's former maps which he had brought to China in 1582.This book, thus, seeks to be transformational in presenting essential new insights on Pre-Columbian world history and Chinese global exploration, moving away from the norm of the studies of geography and cartography by:
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Author : Foster Stockwell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
written by Foster Stockwell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Americans categories.
This book traces significant points in the history of Western exploration in China, and its business with China. It also touches on many other highlights, including several explorations made by various Westerners. Apart from giving some basic facts about China, the book also casts some insight into the historical and economic development of China, especially the period over the past five decades. In doing so, it helps give an understanding of the way Chinese think and do business, so that Westerners can be better prepared for their roles as they engage in trade with China.
Camps And Trails In China
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Author : Roy Chapman Andrews
language : en
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Release Date : 1918
Camps And Trails In China written by Roy Chapman Andrews and has been published by IndyPublish.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1918 with History categories.
In The Far East Illustrations
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Author : W. H. Davenport Adams
language : en
Publisher: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
Release Date : 1881
In The Far East Illustrations written by W. H. Davenport Adams and has been published by THOMAS NELSON AND SONS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with Animals categories.
Example in this ebook CHAPTER I. THROUGH LAOS TO CHINA A considerable portion of the Indo-Chinese peninsula is occupied by the extensive country of Cambodia, or Camboja, known to the natives as Kan-pou-chi. It extends from lat. 8° 47′ to 15° N., along the basin of the Mekong, Makiang, or Cambodia river; and is bounded on the north by Laos; on the south, by the Gulf of Siam and the China Sea; on the east, by Cochin-China; and on the west, by Siam. Formerly it was independent; but since 1809 it has been included within the empire of Annam, except the province of Battabang, which belongs to the kingdom of Siam. But since the French established themselves at Saigon in 1858, and have gradually obtained a controlling power in Annam (or Cochin-China), their influence has also extended to Cambodia. The largest river of Cambodia, and of the whole Indo-Chinese peninsula, is the Mekong, Makiang, or Cambodia, which, rising in the mountains of China, under the name of the Lan-tsan-kiang, flows in a south-easterly direction across the province of Yunnan; thence, under the name of the Kiou-long, traverses the territory of Laos; and afterwards, as the Mekong, intersects Cambodia, dividing the Annam portion from that which belongs to Siam; separates into several branches, and finally falls into the China Sea, after a fertilizing course of about fifteen hundred miles. Its two principal mouths are those of the Japanese and Oubequum channels. There are several smaller mouths, however, the southernmost of which is situated in lat. 9° 30′ N., and long. 106° 20′ E. Very little was known of this great river until the French had made themselves masters of Saigon. It has since been explored in parts of its course by M. Mouhot, Lieutenant Garnier, and others. The country which it waters possesses many features of interest; and the scenery through which it flows is often of a romantic and beautiful character. The manners and customs of the people dwelling on its banks are not unworthy of consideration; and we propose, therefore, to carry the reader with us on a voyage up this magnificent stream,—penetrating, under the guidance of Lieutenant Garnier, into hitherto unexplored parts of Cambodia, and even into China itself. In 1866 the French Government determined on despatching an expedition to explore the upper valley of the great Cambodian river, and placed it in charge of M. de Lagrée, a captain in the French navy. M. Thorel, a surgeon, was attached to it as botanist; M. Delaporte, as artist; Dr. Joubert, as physician and geologist; and among the other members were Lieutenant Garnier, to whose record of the expedition we are about to be indebted, and M. de Carné. After a visit to Ongcor, the capital of the ancient kingdom of the Khmers, with those vast memorials of antiquity described so graphically by M. Mouhot, the expedition proceeded to ascend the great river, passing the busy villages of Compong Luong and Pnom Penh—the latter the residence of the king of Cambodia. Here they abandoned the gun-brigs which had brought them from Saigon, and embarked themselves and their stores on board boats better fitted for river navigation. To be continue in this ebook...
Exploration In Southern And South Western China
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Author : Archibald Ross Colquhoun
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
Exploration In Southern And South Western China written by Archibald Ross Colquhoun and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with China categories.
China
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Author : Henry Arthur Sir Blake
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-05-18
China written by Henry Arthur Sir Blake and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-18 with Travel categories.
China is a book by Sir Henry Arthur Blake. Blake was a British colonial administrator and Governor of Hong Kong during the early 20th century, here describing the Chinese way of life, culture and early history embellished with many precise illustrations.
