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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 Foot across that Country in the Years 1857-8 (Paperback)
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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 Foot across that Country in the Years 1857-8 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
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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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