East sails West : the voyage of the Keying, 1846-1855

East sails West the voyage of the Keying, 1846-1855

In December 1846, the Keying, a Chinese junk purchased by British investors, set sail from Hong Kong for London. Named after the Chinese Imperial Commissioner who had signed away Hong Kong to the British, manned by a Chinese and European crew, and carrying a travelling exhibition of Chinese items, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Davies, Stephen N. G. (-)
Autores Corporativos: Project Muse, distributor (distributor), Project Muse (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press [2014]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30829653*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction : views from different seas
  • The voyage of the Keying
  • Origins, purchase and commissioning
  • The ship's name
  • The crew and the voyage to New York
  • The troubled stay in New York
  • The final leg : towards journey's end
  • Journey's end : the London stay
  • The endgame
  • The ship itself : type, build, performance
  • What kind of vessel was the Keying?
  • A re-appraisal of the Keying's likely shape
  • The Keying's dimensions and shape
  • How fast could she go?
  • The scrapyard of history
  • Voyage over
  • Appendix. The images of the Keying
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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