Narrative of a Recent Imprisonment in

Klappentext Narrative of a Recent Imprisonment in China after the Wreck of the Kite (1841) is an autobiographical account, written by the merchant sailor John Lee Scott, of his 'shipwreck and subsequent imprisonment in the Celestial Empire' in 1840, during the First Anglo-Chinese or so-called 'Opium' War. In eight chapters, Scott describes leaving South Shields in the Kite, 'a beautiful brig of 281 tons' for Singapore in order to 'carry stores to the British fleet destined for China'. Scott recounts how the Kite was capsized on its way to deliver supplies to the British fleet based around Chusan, and how he and other crew members, after being washed up on the island of Ningpo, were captured by the Chinese and held prisoner for five months. Scott's Narrative provides an interesting insight into British perceptions of the Chinese during the Anglo-Chinese conflicts of the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung First published in 1841! this is the autobiographical account of merchant sailor John Lee Scott about his shipwreck and imprisonment in China during the First Opium War. Scott's Narrative provides an interesting insight into nineteenth-century British perceptions of the Chinese during the Anglo-Chinese conflict. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Leave Shields; 2. Get ashore; 3. Temple; 4. Captain Anstruther; 5. Physician; 6. Language; 7. Jos ceremonies; 8. Sampan.

Product details

• Authors: Scott John Lee, John Lee Scott, Scott John Lee
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781108013802
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01380-2
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Asia / General, Asian History