Author: Forbes Kerr, Phyllis
Title: Letters from China - The Canton-Boston Correspondance of Robert Bennet Forbes, 1838-1840
Description: Connecticut. Mystic Seaport Museum. 1996. First Edition. Quarto. Hardcover. Good. Good. 317 pages, text in English. Full colour images, though there are few. Letters that were sent by Captain Robert Bennet Forbes, home to his wife in Boston. These letters give a surprising insight into the life and loves of those days...Captain Bennet Forbes left home with debt, and in his letters it seems his luck is changing. It gives us an idea of his view and experience of the First Opium War between England and China. An interesting book with a view into the past.
Keywords: crosby china trade boston canton
Title: Letters from China - The Canton-Boston Correspondance of Robert Bennet Forbes, 1838-1840
Description: Connecticut. Mystic Seaport Museum. 1996. First Edition. Quarto. Hardcover. Good. Good. 317 pages, text in English. Full colour images, though there are few. Letters that were sent by Captain Robert Bennet Forbes, home to his wife in Boston. These letters give a surprising insight into the life and loves of those days...Captain Bennet Forbes left home with debt, and in his letters it seems his luck is changing. It gives us an idea of his view and experience of the First Opium War between England and China. An interesting book with a view into the past.
Keywords: crosby china trade boston canton
Price: EUR 50.00 = appr. US$ 54.34 Seller: Meijering Art Books
- Book number: 12286
- Book number: 12286