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From Far Formosa (Hardcover): George Leslie Mackay From Far Formosa (Hardcover)
George Leslie Mackay
R896 Discovery Miles 8 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Fromfar Formosa - The Island, Its People and Missions (Hardcover): George Leslie Mackay Fromfar Formosa - The Island, Its People and Missions (Hardcover)
George Leslie Mackay
R898 Discovery Miles 8 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
From Far Formosa - The Island, its People and Missions (Paperback): George Leslie Mackay From Far Formosa - The Island, its People and Missions (Paperback)
George Leslie Mackay; Edited by J.A. Macdonald
R1,064 Discovery Miles 10 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1896 and based on extracts from diaries, notes and reports, this work, edited by J. A. Macdonald, tells of the nearly three decades that George Mackay (1844-1901) spent on the island of Formosa (now Taiwan). In 1872 the Canadian Presbyterian priest arrived in northern Taiwan and set up a new missionary station. Within a month of his arrival he had made his first convert, a Chinese named Giam Chheng Hoa. Mackay married a local woman, with whom he had three children, and made numerous trips around the island, founded a hospital and established a college. He also gathered specimens of local fauna and flora that formed the cornerstone of a museum. Mackay offers vivid descriptions of Formosan geography, culture and animal life; his interpretation of the syncretic 'heathenism' of Formosa as a 'dark damning nightmare' is characteristic of the Western viewpoint of his time.

Fromfar Formosa - The Island, Its People and Missions (Paperback): George Leslie Mackay Fromfar Formosa - The Island, Its People and Missions (Paperback)
George Leslie Mackay
R697 Discovery Miles 6 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Far Formosa (Paperback): George Leslie Mackay From Far Formosa (Paperback)
George Leslie Mackay
R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Far Formosa - The island, its people and missions (Paperback): George Leslie Mackay, James Alexander Macdonald From Far Formosa - The island, its people and missions (Paperback)
George Leslie Mackay, James Alexander Macdonald
R951 Discovery Miles 9 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From far Formosa. The Island, its People and Missions (Paperback): George Leslie Mackay, J a Ed MacDonald From far Formosa. The Island, its People and Missions (Paperback)
George Leslie Mackay, J a Ed MacDonald
R935 Discovery Miles 9 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Far Formosa. the Island, Its People and Missions ... Edited by J. A. MacDonald, Etc. (Paperback): George Leslie Mackay,... From Far Formosa. the Island, Its People and Missions ... Edited by J. A. MacDonald, Etc. (Paperback)
George Leslie Mackay, James Alexander Macdonald
R943 Discovery Miles 9 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Title: From Far Formosa. The island, its people and missions ... Edited by J. A. Macdonald, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF ASIA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This series includes ethnographic and general histories of distinct peripheral coastal regions that comprise South and East Asia. Other works focus on cultural history, archaeology, and linguistics. These books help readers understand the forces that shaped the ancient civilisations and influenced the modern countries of Asia. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Mackay, George Leslie; MacDonald, James Alexander; 1896, 1895] 346 p.; 8 . 010057.ee.37.

From Far Formosa - The Island, Its People and Missions (1895) (Hardcover): George Leslie Mackay From Far Formosa - The Island, Its People and Missions (1895) (Hardcover)
George Leslie Mackay; Edited by J.A. Macdonald
R1,291 Discovery Miles 12 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

Primary Sources, Historical Collections - From Far Formosa. the Island, Its People and Missions, with a Foreword by T. S.... Primary Sources, Historical Collections - From Far Formosa. the Island, Its People and Missions, with a Foreword by T. S. Wentworth (Paperback)
George Leslie Mackay; Foreword by T. S. Wentworth
R946 Discovery Miles 9 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, the book was made in an effort to preserve the work of previous generations.

From Far Formosa - The Island, Its People and Missions (1895) (Paperback): George Leslie Mackay From Far Formosa - The Island, Its People and Missions (1895) (Paperback)
George Leslie Mackay; Edited by J.A. Macdonald
R928 Discovery Miles 9 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

From Far Formosa - The Island, Its People And Missions (1895) (Hardcover): George Leslie Mackay From Far Formosa - The Island, Its People And Missions (1895) (Hardcover)
George Leslie Mackay; Edited by J.A. Macdonald
R1,291 Discovery Miles 12 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Far Formosa - The Island, Its People And Missions (1895) (Paperback): George Leslie Mackay From Far Formosa - The Island, Its People And Missions (1895) (Paperback)
George Leslie Mackay; Edited by J.A. Macdonald
R930 Discovery Miles 9 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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