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THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE AND THE WAY THITHER.
by BIRD, Isabella L
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- Hardcover
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New York 1883, Putnams. Green pictorial cloth, very good,483 pages, fold out map, 16 b.w. sketched drawings, very clean. FIRST EDITION S C A R C E This work is her last installment of her travel recorded in the Far East in 1879. Primary observations in Malayan area, China, Singapore. Sungei Ujong, Selangor, Perak, Malay Pen- insula and that area. Consisting of her actual letters, unaltered. Her visit to the prison & execution grounds in Canton, view of Anamese villages, Saigon, Malacca, Straits Settlements, Malay immigration, weapons, slavery, domestic habits. View of Hong Kong & the great fire."Pidjun" English, Shameen Island, oriental enchantments, cruelty, Canton at Night, Portuguese Missionaries, to Cochina China river, Eur- opean life in Saigon, Anamite costume, Kings. Singapore hos- pitality, polyglot population, female grace & beauty. Malac- ca opium farming, haunted city, shooting alligators, royalty temptation. Sultan's harem, tiger mosquitoes, waif & strays, tin mining, fruit & vegetables, future of 'coffee,' Chinese hospitality, Lotus lake & leeches, first Elephant ride &c... Cordier, INDOSINICA 1471. A glowing account of a journey. .
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- THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE AND THE WAY THITHER.
- Author
- BIRD, Isabella L
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- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Southeast Asia: Eclectic Items On Countries, Cultures & Subjects; China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art]; Singapore City: All Related Items About, Guides, Maps & Eclectica; Guidebooks On Southeast Asian Countries;
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