The journal of Augustus Raymond Margary's groundbreaking journey
from Hankow in the Hubei province of central China, to Bhamo in
Upper Burma was published in 1875, soon after his death. Margary
was part of the Chinese consular service and had lived in China
since 1867, working as an interpreter. This journal begins in
August 1874 at the start of his journey, the purpose of which was
to meet Colonel Horace Browne to act as his interpreter as he
attempted to open an overland trade route between China and India.
Margary was the first Englishman successfully to complete the 1,800
mile trip through Szechwan to Yunnan, doing so in six months. On
the return trip, he and two servants made a diversion, hearing of
danger on his proposed route, but were murdered in the town of
Manwyne, leading to public outrage and commemorative publication of
accounts of his life and travels.
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