China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufacturers: the Evils Arising from the Opium Trade : with a Glance at Our Religious, Moral, Political and Commercial Intercourse with the CountryWm. S. Orr & Company, 1849 |
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Pàgina xii
... Macao - Description of Macao - Its churches and public buildings- Government of the city - Jesuit cathedral - The half - caste beauties of Macao - Their toilette - Camöens ' Cave - English burial ground and tombs - Roman Catholic ...
... Macao - Description of Macao - Its churches and public buildings- Government of the city - Jesuit cathedral - The half - caste beauties of Macao - Their toilette - Camöens ' Cave - English burial ground and tombs - Roman Catholic ...
Pàgina 2
... Macao 42 miles , and from Canton 105 miles . Hong - Kong is about ten miles in length , and four and a half in breadth ; the noble harbour is nearly four miles in length , and rather more than one and three quarters in width . There ...
... Macao 42 miles , and from Canton 105 miles . Hong - Kong is about ten miles in length , and four and a half in breadth ; the noble harbour is nearly four miles in length , and rather more than one and three quarters in width . There ...
Pàgina 6
... Macao , we should either be obliged to submit to their terms , be they what they might , or our Colony would experience inevi- tably the horrors of famine , unless an extraordinary amount of provisions chanced to be in store . The ...
... Macao , we should either be obliged to submit to their terms , be they what they might , or our Colony would experience inevi- tably the horrors of famine , unless an extraordinary amount of provisions chanced to be in store . The ...
Pàgina 22
... Macao ( where most of them have establish- ments ) , which the Portuguese authorities have at length had the good sense to make a free port , as Macao will be found a more healthy and agreeable place of abode . Much might yet be done ...
... Macao ( where most of them have establish- ments ) , which the Portuguese authorities have at length had the good sense to make a free port , as Macao will be found a more healthy and agreeable place of abode . Much might yet be done ...
Pàgina 41
... Macao , and Canton , inhabiting the Ladrone islands surrounding Hong - Kong , which seem to be abandoned to their sovereignty ; and the pass- age between these forts is thus rendered extremely hazardous , both as regards life and ...
... Macao , and Canton , inhabiting the Ladrone islands surrounding Hong - Kong , which seem to be abandoned to their sovereignty ; and the pass- age between these forts is thus rendered extremely hazardous , both as regards life and ...
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China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and ..., Volum 1 Henry Charles Sirr Visualització completa - 1849 |
China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufactures ... Henry Charles Sirr Visualització de fragments - 1849 |
China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufactures ... Henry Charles Sirr Visualització de fragments - 1978 |
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