A Journey to the Tea Countries of China
Including Sung-Lo and the Bohea Hills; with a Short Notice of the East India Company's Tea Plantations in the Himalaya Mountains
Seiten
2012
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-04641-1 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-04641-1 (ISBN)
The botanist Robert Fortune (1813–80) was sent to China by the East India Company in 1848 in order to obtain tea samples for the plantations in the Himalayas. This account of his adventures there, first published in 1852, provides a glimpse into his enchanting and often bizarre experiences.
'My object is to give a peep into the Celestial Empire, to show its strange hills and romantic valleys, its rivers and canals … and its strange and interesting people.' Robert Fortune (1813–80), the author of several books on China, was a keen botanist. He first went to China for the Royal Horticultural Society, but soon returned on behalf of the East India Company in order to collect tea specimens for the British government's plantations in the Himalayas. In this entertaining account, first published in 1852, Fortune includes stories of how he disguised himself in Chinese clothes to gain access to districts barred to Europeans, of watching farmers sail in what seemed to be wash-tubs, and the bizarre dyeing process that saw large quantities of Prussian Blue and gypsum poured into green tea. Full of panoramic descriptions and engaging anecdotes, this book is ideal for historians and modern-day travellers alike.
'My object is to give a peep into the Celestial Empire, to show its strange hills and romantic valleys, its rivers and canals … and its strange and interesting people.' Robert Fortune (1813–80), the author of several books on China, was a keen botanist. He first went to China for the Royal Horticultural Society, but soon returned on behalf of the East India Company in order to collect tea specimens for the British government's plantations in the Himalayas. In this entertaining account, first published in 1852, Fortune includes stories of how he disguised himself in Chinese clothes to gain access to districts barred to Europeans, of watching farmers sail in what seemed to be wash-tubs, and the bizarre dyeing process that saw large quantities of Prussian Blue and gypsum poured into green tea. Full of panoramic descriptions and engaging anecdotes, this book is ideal for historians and modern-day travellers alike.
Preface; 1. Arrive at Hong-kong; 2. My object in coming north; 3. Leave Hang-chow-foo; 4. City of Wae-ping; 5. Sung-lo-shan; 6. My reception in the house of Wang's father; 7. Kingtang or Silver Island; 8. Foo-chow-foo; 9. Leave Ning-po for the Bohea Mountains; 10. City of Chang-shan and its trade; 11. Town of Hokow; 12. First view of the Bohea Mountains; 13. Woo-e-shan; 14. Stream of 'nine windings'; 15. Some advice to the reader; 16. Geography of the tea-shrub; 17. Inn at Pouching-hien; 18. A celebrated Buddhist temple; 19. Tea-plants, etc., taken to Hong-kong; 20. Safe arrival of tea-plants in India; 21. Experiments with tea-seeds; 22. Ordered to inspect the tea-plantations in India.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.4.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Plates, color; 1 Plates, black and white; 1 Maps; 12 Halftones, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-04641-X / 110804641X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-04641-1 / 9781108046411 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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