The Journal of Two Voyages Along the Coast of China in 1831-1832: The First in a Chinese Junk; the Second in the British Ship Lord Amherst; with Notices of Siam, Corea, and the Loo-Choo Islands; and Remarks on the Policy, Religion, Etc., of China |
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