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Journalist and traveller Andrew Wilson (1831-1881) was born in India to colonial missionaries. Educated in Europe, he later edited the China Mail in H...Savoir plus
In 1857 Laurence Oliphant (1829-88), lawyer, journalist, diplomat and sometime spy, later Liberal MP, satirical novelist, and, for a time, adherent of...Savoir plus
After spending a year in Tokyo, American teacher Alice Mabel Bacon (1858-1918) became the first author to usher Western readers into the graceful, pap...Savoir plus
A noted historian of Burma and a founder of the Burma Research Society, John Sydenham Furnivall (1878-1960) supported Burmese independence and freedom...Savoir plus
This anonymous work, sometimes attributed to G. J. Gordon, a researcher into tea cultivation, was published in 1836 after the East India Company's los...Savoir plus
The sinologist George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859) learned Chinese as a child and accompanied his father on a trip to China in 1792 where, though the A...Savoir plus
George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801) arrived in China in 1792 as a member of a British delegation whose objective was to improve trade and establish be...Savoir plus
Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy de Lesseps (1766-1834), a French diplomat, served as an interpreter on La Pérouse's voyage around the world, which sailed fro...Savoir plus
Inspired by the lectures in Munich of the German orientalist Karl Friedrich Neumann, Thomas Taylor Meadows (1815-68) devoted himself to the study of C...Savoir plus
Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874-1938) was a colonial administrator and scholar with a lifelong fascination with China who was appointed tutor to t...Savoir plus
The first edition of this work, which outlines China's treaty engagements with various foreign powers, was published by Sir Edward Hertslet (1824-1902...Savoir plus
Taking advantage of his diplomatic privilege in Japan to travel further and inquire deeper than other foreigners, Swiss envoy Aimé Humbert (1819-1900)...Savoir plus
Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy de Lesseps (1766-1834), a French diplomat, served as an interpreter on La Pérouse's voyage around the world, which sailed fro...Savoir plus
Remarkable yet controversial, the Prussian-born Protestant missionary Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (1803-51) sought to spread Christianity in the Fa...Savoir plus
Naval officer Granville Gower Loch (1813–53) adapted his journal for this 1843 publication. Containing observations on the landscape, people, customs ...Savoir plus
After studying medicine at Edinburgh, John Crawfurd (1783-1868) joined the medical service of the East India Company. While posted at Penang, he studi...Savoir plus
Gabriel Ferrand (1864-1935) travelled widely as a French diplomat and pursued scholarly passions as a polyglot orientalist. He served as consul to Mad...Savoir plus
First published in French in Philadelphia in 1797 and translated into English for the London edition of 1798 reissued here, this travelogue by André E...Savoir plus
Described as a 'hermit nation' because it isolated itself from the rest of the world, Korea remained very little known to English speakers in the late...Savoir plus
A brilliant linguist, Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) was recruited into the British consular service as a student interpreter in 1861. The following yea...Savoir plus
As a young man, French naturalist Henri Mouhot (1826-61) taught languages in Russia and travelled widely in Europe with his brother Charles, sketching...Savoir plus
Sir George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859), sinologist and politician, was a key figure in early nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations. Staunton secu...Savoir plus
Ending centuries of isolation, the Meiji era opened Japan to the world in the late nineteenth century, revealing a rich and sophisticated culture. Lar...Savoir plus
The Prussian-born Protestant missionary Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (1803-51) sought to spread Christianity in the Far East. A gifted linguist, he ...Savoir plus