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Scottish missionary Alexander Williamson (1829–90) spent several years preaching in northern China. From 1863 to 1866, he was there as the first overseas agent of the National Bible Society of Scotland. During this time, he travelled as far as Mongolia and Manchuria, a considerable undertaking in those days. He later became secretary of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese, and formed the Chinese Book and Tract Society in 1884. In this illustrated two-volume work, first published in 1870, he records the observations he made during extensive travels that took him via the home of Confucius while propagating the Bible in Chinese script. Volume 1 offers introductory remarks on China's physical geography, people, culture, government and foreign influences. It also provides descriptions of the northern Chinese provinces and accounts of travels starting from Shandong province.

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• Full title: Journeys in North China, Manchuria, and Eastern Mongolia
• Subtitle: With Some Account of Corea
• Author: Alexander Williamson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 482
• EAN: 9781108045728
• ISBN: 1108045723
• ID: 02057873
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 610 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. August 2012

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