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*[https://archive.org/details/treatyportsinch01taigoog ''Treaty Ports in China (a Study in Diplomacy)''] by En-Sai Tai 1918 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/treatyportsinch01taigoog ''Treaty Ports in China (a Study in Diplomacy)''] by En-Sai Tai 1918 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924022973196 ''With the Chinks''] by Daryl Klein, 2nd Lieutenant in the Chinese Labour Corps, 1919 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924022973196 ''With the Chinks''] by Daryl Klein, 2nd Lieutenant in the Chinese Labour Corps, 1919 Archive.org
*''The Empire at War''  edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas, in five volumes. Volume 5, 1926, appears to be WW1 The Mediterranean colonies ; Egypt and Palestine ; Aden ; India ; Ceylon ; Malaya ; China according to a [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1003532 catalogue description]. Available as two pdf downloads from the Digital Library of India : [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/275945  Vol. V 237 pages] and [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284274  Vol-vth 574 pages].
*''The Empire at War''  edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas, in five volumes, with a  [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1003532 catalogue contents description]. ([http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022549242.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1107.9974%2C-93.2973%2C3908.9948%2C2833.5945 Volume 1] British Library Digital file) Volume 5, 1926, covers WW1 The Mediterranean colonies ; Egypt and Palestine ; Aden ; India ; Ceylon ; Malaya ; China. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=3&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Volume 5], British Library Digital file, [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Contents]. Also available as two pdf downloads from the Digital Library of India : [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/275945  Vol. V 237 pages] and [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284274  Vol-vth 574 pages].
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023255999 ''The Trade and Administration of China''] by Hosea Ballou Morse, sometime Commissioner of Customs 3rd Revised edition 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023255999 ''The Trade and Administration of China''] by Hosea Ballou Morse, sometime Commissioner of Customs 3rd Revised edition 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/travelershandboo00crow ''The Travelers' Handbook for China (including Hongkong)''] by Carl Crow Third Edition, Revised 1921 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/314/mode/2up Index]. Includes maps.
*[https://archive.org/details/travelershandboo00crow ''The Travelers' Handbook for China (including Hongkong)''] by Carl Crow Third Edition, Revised 1921 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/314/mode/2up Index]. Includes maps.

Revision as of 13:30, 5 January 2017

China

Major locations

History

  • The Opium Wars:

Records

  • There are some records for China in the "World Miscellaneous" records on FamilySearch (source unspecified)
  • Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library - Macao and Whampoa [Canton] 1820-1833, IOR N/9. These records are now available on the pay site findmypast
  • China: Sources in the India Office Records Guide to records at the British Library
  • British and Indian Armies on the China Coast 1785-1985 by Alan Harfield 1990 is available at the British Library. Includes lists such as “List of Known Recipients of the Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894” and “List of Officers who served with the Hong Kong Regiment 1892-1902”. This link lists some “Military Commanders of Hong Kong and China” from the book (pages 483-484)

British Army

The British Army leased for a time Wei-hai-wei (a fine natural harbour) on the mainland and Liu Kung Tao island. There was a garrison of British Troops A naval depot serviced the Royal Navy's China Squadron.[1]

Also see

Information about the English language Chinese newspaper database ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection.

External links

Historical books online

  • Article in the Asiatic Journal, Volume 13, January-June 1822. "A Succinct Historical Narrative of the East India Company’s Endeavours to Form Settlements and to Extend and Encourage Trade in the East and of the Causes by which those Endeavours have been Frustrated":
    • Section 1 Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Eastern Islands, etc . pages 1-11
    • Section 2 The continental kingdoms of Siam, Cochin-China [Southern Vietnam], Tonquin [Northern Vietnam], Pegu [Burma], and Ava [Burma]. pages 11-20,
    • Section 3 Japan and China pages 105-118
    • Section 4 China pages 209 -220
  • Chronicles of the East India Company trading to China, 1635 to 1834 by Hosea Ballou Morse 1926. Five Volumes. Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, as TIFF images (single pages), or as pdf downloads: Volume 1, Volume 2 (volume no. not catalogued), Volume 3, Volume 4. Volume 1 and Volume 3 are also available as pdf downloads from Osmania University Digital Library (OUDL may only be available during Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm) (IST = GMT+5:30)). Volume 5, Supplementary, 1742-74 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  • The Portugues Asia: Or, The History of the Discovery and Conquest of India by the Portugues; Containing All Their Discoveries from the Coast of Africk, to the Farthest Parts of China and Japan; All Their Battels by Sea and Land, Sieges and Other Memorable Actions; a Description of Those Countries, and Many Particulars of the Religion, Government and Customs of the Natives, &c. ... by Manuel de Faria e Sousa, a Portuguese historian. Translated into English by Cap. John Stevens 1695
Volume I Google Books. Volume II, Volume III Qatar Digital Library. Two different pdf downloads are available from the University of Ghana Digital Collections , volume numbers not stated Download A, Download B. There was a three volume reprint edition published in 1971.
This publication had many titles over time and with different publishers: The China Register (1862, 1863, 1874). The Chronicle & Directory for China, Japan & the Philippines (1873, 1879). In 1889 included Corea, Cochin-China, Annam, Tonquin, Siam, Borneo, Straits Settlements, Malay States. In 1889 included Indo-China (replacing Cochin-China, Annam, Tonquin). In 1899 included Netherlands India. By 1905 the title had changed to The Directory & Chronicle…
Editions are available to read online on the Hathi Trust Digital Library, or to download as pdfs from archive.org (Currently most/all browsers cannot read the online versions on archive.org)
1862 1863 1873 1874

1874 archive.org

1879

1879 archive.org

1889

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1892 archive.org

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1894 archive.org

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1905 archive.org

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1920 archive.org

1922
British Parliamentary Papers: Mortality of Troops in China 1863 and 1866 Reprinted 1915 Archive.org

References

  1. Great War Forum thread Wei-hai-wei and Liu Kung Tao, then and now by Bushfighter April 2008. (Images only available to logged in members of GWF) (retrieved 14 April 2014)