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A Seaman's Narrative of His Adventures During a Captivity Among Chinese Pirates on the Coast of Cochin-China: And Afterwards During a Journey on Foo

A Seaman's Narrative of His Adventures During a Captivity Among Chinese Pirates on the Coast of Cochin-China: And Afterwards During a Journey on Foo

Brown, Edward

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asi

General Asian HistoryGeneral Asia

ISBN10: 1108045553
ISBN13: 9781108045551
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Aug 2 2012
Pages: 310
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
During the time of the Second Opium War between Britain and China (1856-60), sailor Edward Brown (about whom little is known) was discharged from a trading vessel in Hong Kong. He was then offered the opportunity to captain a Chinese-crewed ship bound for Wai-how on the west coast, though he was warned that it was a risky enterprise because of the ongoing hostilities. Soon his ship was chased by Chinese pirates and Brown was taken captive for many months in Cochin-China (southern Vietnam). Published in 1861, this engaging account of his captivity, attempts at escape, and eventual return to his livelihood as a mate on a trading ship is told in a lively style, and gives a first-hand account of both a turbulent time in one of the world's most dangerous seas, and the different people and customs he encountered in the course of his enforced time on land.

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