The Far East (cambridge Library Collection - Travel And Exploration In Asia)

Written by one of the most prolific writers on China at the turn of the century, this 1905 publication was intended as a guide for travellers rather than as a scientific study of Asian landscape and culture. Little, a well-known merchant and traveller, spent fifty years of his life exploring the Orient. The book is structured with a chapter dedicated to each region of China and the 'Dependencies' (Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, Tibet, Indo-China and Korea), as well as Siam and Japan. Little proves himself a shrewd observer of both landscape and peoples, and the content of his work is wonderfully detailed. He manages to encompass a wide range of subjects into his survey, including natural resources, the development of railways, trade routes and meteorology, as well as a history of the land mass and populations. The book is supplemented with several maps and illustrations. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 8 EDITORIAL NOTE......Page 10 Contents......Page 11 LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 12 CHAPTER I - DEFINITION......Page 15 CHAPTER II - THE CENTRAL KINGDOM: CHINA......Page 22 CHAPTER III - THE NORTHERN BASIN. THE YELLOW RIVER......Page 33 CHAPTER IV - THE MIDDLE BASIN: PART I. THE YANGTSE RIVER......Page 67 CHAPTER V - THE MIDDLE BASIN: PART II. THE PROVINCE OF SZECHUAN......Page 83 CHAPTER VI - THE MIDDLE BASIN: PART III. THE CHENGTU PLATEAU......Page 92 CHAPTER VII - THE MIDDLE BASIN: PART IV. THE LOWER YANGTSE PROVINCES......Page 105 CHAPTER VIII - THE INTERMEDIATE PROVINCES......Page 124 CHAPTER IX - THE SOUTHERN BASIN. YUNNAN TO CANTON......Page 135 CHAPTER X - THE DEPENDENCIES: PART I. MANCHURIA......Page 169 CHAPTER XI - THE DEPENDENCIES: PART II. MONGOLIA......Page 185 CHAPTER XII - THE DEPENDENCIES: PART III. TURKESTAN......Page 200 CHAPTER XIII - THE DEPENDENCIES: PART IV. TIBET......Page 217 CHAPTER XIV - WHILOM DEPENDENCIES: PART I. INDO-CHINA......Page 233 CHAPTER XV - WHILOM DEPENDENCIES: PART II. COREA......Page 257 CHAPTER XVI - THE BUFFER KINGDOM: SIAM......Page 272 CHAPTER XVII - THE ISLAND EMPIRE: JAPAN......Page 293 INDEX......Page 332 Cover 1 Frontmatter 6 PREFACE 8 EDITORIAL NOTE 10 Contents 11 LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 12 CHAPTER I - DEFINITION 15 CHAPTER II - THE CENTRAL KINGDOM: CHINA 22 CHAPTER III - THE NORTHERN BASIN. THE YELLOW RIVER 33 CHAPTER IV - THE MIDDLE BASIN: PART I. THE YANGTSE RIVER 67 CHAPTER V - THE MIDDLE BASIN: PART II. THE PROVINCE OF SZECHUAN 83 CHAPTER VI - THE MIDDLE BASIN: PART III. THE CHENGTU PLATEAU 92 CHAPTER VII - THE MIDDLE BASIN: PART IV. THE LOWER YANGTSE PROVINCES 105 CHAPTER VIII - THE INTERMEDIATE PROVINCES 124 CHAPTER IX - THE SOUTHERN BASIN. YUNNAN TO CANTON 135 CHAPTER X - THE DEPENDENCIES: PART I. MANCHURIA 169 CHAPTER XI - THE DEPENDENCIES: PART II. MONGOLIA 185 CHAPTER XII - THE DEPENDENCIES: PART III. TURKESTAN 200 CHAPTER XIII - THE DEPENDENCIES: PART IV. TIBET 217 CHAPTER XIV - WHILOM DEPENDENCIES: PART I. INDO-CHINA 233 CHAPTER XV - WHILOM DEPENDENCIES: PART II. COREA 257 CHAPTER XVI - THE BUFFER KINGDOM: SIAM 272 CHAPTER XVII - THE ISLAND EMPIRE: JAPAN 293 INDEX 332 9781108013871 Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration Drawing on his own considerable experience in the Orient, Archibald Little penned this volume in order to aid other English travellers in the Far East. Published in 1905, this book describes the natural and cultural history of China and its surrounding countries, and also contains several illustrations.