Author: SUPERCARGO, J. R.:
Title: Diary of a Journey Overland, through the Maritime Provinces of China, from Manchao, on the South Coast of Hainan, to Canton, in the Years 1819 and 1820. London, Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1822.
Description: . Pp. (iv), 116. Modern half calf, spine faded. Some minor staining to parts. An anonymous account by the Supercargo of the English ship "Friendship" which was shipwrecked on the island Hainan on China's southeastern coast. The crew continued by foot along the shores of Canton. Includes interesting articles about the criminal laws in China, government papers on the banning of Opium and Milne's sketch on Chinese printing. (Part of Phillip's New Voyages and Travels, London 1820-3). Cf Cordier BS 308.

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