Journal of Three Voyages along the Coast of China 1834
Journal of three voyages along the coast of China, in 1831, 1832 and 1833 : with notices of Siam, Corea, and the Loo-Choo Islands: to which is prefixed an Introductory essay on the policy, religion, etc., of China by the Rev. W. Ellis. Written by Karl Friedrich August GĂĽtzlaff (also known as Charles Gutzlaff), a Prussian-born Protestant missionary and linguist
The Three Voyages:
1831: GĂĽtzlaff travelled from Siam (Thailand) to the northern coast of China aboard a Chinese junk.
1832: He served as an interpreter on an East India Company vessel, visiting ports in China, Korea, and Okinawa (the Loo-Choo Islands).
1833: His third voyage covered the coastal region from Canton (Guangzhou) to Manchuria.
Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (8 July 1803 – 9 August 1851), anglicised as Charles Gutzlaff, was a German Lutheran missionary to the Far East, notable as one of the first Protestant missionaries in Bangkok, Thailand (1828) and the first Lutheran missionary to China (1831-1848). He was a colorful "swashbuckling Pomeranian" who combined his prodigious talent as a prolific Christian author and linguist with participation in the illegal opium trade in 1830s China. He was one of the first Protestant missionaries in China to dress in Chinese clothing and was said to be so proficient in Chinese language and culture that he could pass as Chinese. His books were widely read and his adaptation to Chinese culture served as a model for the later work of missionary Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission. In recognition of his travels, often illegal by Chinese law, up and down the Chinese coast, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1839. Controversial during his life, Gützlaff has continued to be so for historians.
Second Edition (1834)
Prelims foxed.
Binding repaired.
Some staining.
130mm x 210mm
R7,500
