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China and the red barbarians : American and British relations with China in the 19th century Nish, I H 1973 • FOLIO • 3 copies available. 327(42:51:73)"18"

China Sea pilot : volume III Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1982 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

HMS Leviathan, China Station Leviathan, HMS 1904 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.822.3

Bullion operations in China 1923 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 546.57/.59(51):38

Houseboat days in China Bland, J O P 1909 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 797.16(51)

For China and the world : forgotten in Britain and Ireland, Sir Robert Hart is still well remembered "In the winter of 2012-13 BICC collaborated with Dr Weipin Tsai (Royal Holloway University of London), and Professor Hans van de Ven (Cambridge) on a project to restore the decrepit gravestone of Sir Robert Hart and Hester, Lady Hart. The Harts are buried in Bisham, near Marlow, yards from the bank of the River Thames. The initiative culminated in a rededication ceremony held in the churchyard on a cold February day in 2013. A new 31 minute film, 'For China and the World', documents this process, and explores the story and legacy of Robert Hart, who for six decades led China?s Imperial Maritime Customs service. With narration by Tim Pigott-Smith, the documentary assesses the private and public worlds of this enigmatic figure."--Provided by the publisher. [2014?] • DVD • 1 copy available.

The Empress of China Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster 1984 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123Empress of China

Slow boats to China Young, Gavin 1981 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(51)

Admiralty sailing directions: China sea pilot volume 1 United Kingdom Hydrographic Office 2004 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Pictures of Southern China Macgowan, J 1897 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 915.1

China shipping and ports : bibliography University of Haifa. Wydra Institute of Shipping and Aviation Research 1996 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 016:656.61(510)

China, Chinese-Tartary and Tibet Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1709-1734 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:912.44(51)"17"

Barbarian eye : Lord Napier in China 1834 "This book tells the story of William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier of Merchiston, who was sent to China in 1834, not to stop the opium smuggling (by which all local officials profited hugely), but to seek a settlement between the British sea-traders and the Cantonese authorities. Known at home as a brave and sensible sailor who had started his career at Trafalgar, William John was noted for his calm and patience. He was at once seen by the Chinese authorities as a dangerous spy - a 'Barbarian Eye'. The Viceroy Loo of Canton declined to accept Napier's credentials from King William IV and replied to his efforts at communication by adapting the syllables of his name - Nay Peer into the the rudest possible translation - Vile Labouring Beast, (or Laboriously Vile for short). Napier did not mind this but he did mind the Viceroy's refusal to enter into dialogue. All was frustration, but he continued to try for agreement until struck down by a local fever. However, Lord Napier noticed a rocky island occupied by only a few fishermen's families, and guarding one of the finest natural harbours in the world. Why not, without bloodshed, arrange to trade from there, rather than up the river at Canton, where ships could be boxed in at whim? The island was called Hong Kong. Though biographical in character, based largely upon Lord Napier's own letters and journals, the book gives an admirable insight into the story of Western contacts over the centuries with the world's oldest and surely most remarkable civilisation and a charming description of life in England and Scotland in the early 19th century, including life in the court of King William IV, Lord Napier's close friend and master."--Provided by the publisher. 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 951.08"1834"(512.317)

Astronomy in classical China Needham, Joseph 1961 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 52(51)

Medical notes on China Wilson, John 1846 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:616(51)"18"

Admiralty sailing directions: China sea pilot Volume III UK Hydrographic Office • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

Mr Selden's map of China : the spice trade, a lost chart and the South China Sea /Timothy Brook. Timothy Brook's award-winning Vermeer's Hat unfolded the early history of globalization, using Vermeer's paintings to show how objects like beaver hats and porcelain bowls began to circulate around the world. Now he plumbs the mystery of a single artifact that offers new insights into global connections centuries old.In 2009, an extraordinary map of China was discovered in Oxford's Bodleian Library - where it had first been deposited 350 years before, then stowed and forgotten for nearly a century. Neither historians of China nor cartography experts had ever seen anything like it. It was so odd that experts would have declared it a fake - yet records confirmed it had been delivered to Oxford in 1659. The 'Selden Map', as it is known, was a puzzle that needing solving. Brook, a historian of China, set out to explore the riddle. His investigation will lead readers around this elegant, enigmatic work of art, and from the heart of China, via the Southern Ocean, to the court of King James II. In the story of Selden's map, he reveals for us the surprising links between an English scholar and merchants half a world away, and offers novel insights into the power and meaning that a single map can hold. Brook delivers the same anecdote-rich narrative, intriguing characters, and unexpected historical connections that made Vermeer's Hat an instant classic. 2013 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(4:5)

HMS Aurora's final course in China Lei, Chang 2024 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.

Chase and chance in Indo-China Smyth, Herbert Warington 1934 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3

The Survival of empire : Portuguese trade and society in China and the South China Sea 1630-1754 Souza, George Bryan 1986 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(469:51)

China : war vessels and torpedo boats Great Britain.-Admiralty 1891 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.82(51)"1891"

Britain and the China trade 1635-1842 This multi-volume work covers Britain's commercial operations in India from 1695-1842, with particular focus on meetings between British diplomats and Chinese officials in 1793 and 1816. It is designed to combine early works on the subject and significant relevant primary sources for reference use. The first five volumes consist of Hosea Ballou Morse's Chronicles of the East India Company Trading to China, 1635-1834, included for its significant transcription work of records from the India Office. Volume VI is a reprint of The Crucial Years of Early Anglo-Chinese relations, 1750-1800 by E H Pritchard, a later study that used Morse's statistics. Volume IX is Michael Greenberg's British Trade and the Opening of China 1800-42. The remaining volumes are a collection of relevant primary sources. Volumes VII and VIII examine the Macartney embassy of 1792 from different angles; Volume VII contains instructions issued to Macartney by the East India Company; Volume VIII is Macartney's private journal of the embassy. Finally, Volume X is Notes of Proceedings and Occurences During the British embassy to Pekin in 1816 by Sir George Thomas Staunton. 2000 • BOOK • 10 copies available. 382(42:51)"1635/1842"

Dirck Gerritsz Pomp, alias Dirck Gerritsz China : de eerste nederlander die China en Japan bezocht (1544 Ijzerman, J W 1915 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(8)"1598/1602"

Die Marine der Volksrepublik China Breyer, Siegfried 1982 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(510)

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