An Aide-de-Camp's Recollections of Service in China Vol. 2A Residence in Hong-Kong, and Visits to Other Islands in the Chinese Seas |
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| Author:
| Cunynghame, Arthur |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-04558-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $46.99 |
Book Description:
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This two-volume 1844 work is a memoir of the tour of duty of Captain Arthur Cunynghame (1812-84) in China as aide-de-camp to Major-General Lord Saltoun, Commander of the East India Company's troops there. His observations of 'a country that is so strange and new to all Europe' are fascinating.
This two-volume 1844 work is a memoir of the tour of duty of Captain Arthur Cunynghame (1812-84) in China as aide-de-camp to Major-General Lord Saltoun, Commander of the East India Company's troops there. His observations of 'a country that is so strange and new to all Europe' are fascinating.