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*[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.520/page/n11 ''British Trade With China''] by James Matheson 1836. Archive.org, Public Library Of India Collection. Full title ''The present position and prospects of the British trade with China; together with an outline of some leading occurrences in its past history'' by James Matheson, Esq. of the firm of Jardine, Matheson and Co, of Canton.
*[http://nlirepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/20299 ''A Subaltern's Sick Leave: Rough notes of a visit in search of health to China and the Cape of Good Hope''] by Nicolas Polson, Bengal Native Infantry 1837. Link to a pdf download, or direct [http://nlirepository.nvli.in/bitstream/123456789/20299/1/NL0048.pdf pdf link] National Library of India Digital Collection. Elsewhere it is stated the author was in fact Lieutenant Peter Nicholson (or Nicolson). He sailed from Calcutta July 1835.
*[https://archive.org/details/chinesecommerci00willgoog/page/n11 ''The Chinese commercial guide : containing treaties, tariffs, regulations, tables, etc useful in the trade to China & Eastern Asia : with an appendix of sailing directions for those seas and coasts''] by S. Wells Williams 5th edition 1863 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023216827 ''The 'Fan Kwae' at Canton before treaty days, 1825-1844''] by An Old Resident [William C Hunter] 2nd edition 1911 (First published 1882) Archive.org [Fan Kwae= Foreign Barbarians, Devils]
*[https://archive.org/details/morningofmylifei00nyegrich ''The Morning of My Life in China: comprising an outline of the history of foreign intercourse from the last year of the regime of honorable East India Company, 1833, to the imprisonment of the foreign community in 1839''] by Gideon Nye 1873 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=SVsXAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Reports of Missionary Society Hospitals at Amoy, Canton, Chinkiang, Foochow, Hankow, Shanghai, Swatow, Tientsin. 1848-75''] Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023257532 ''A Cruise in an Opium Clipper''] by Captain Lindsay Anderson 1891 Archive.org. He joined the opium clipper 1859 at Shanghai.
→Historical books online
*[https://archive.org/details/viewofhindoostan3to4penn ''The View of India Extra Gangem, China, and Japan''] by Thomas Pennant 1800. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/viewofhindoostan3to4penn#page/n17/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/stream/viewofhindoostan3to4penn#page/n313/mode/2up Index]. Volume III in a series ''Outlines of the Globe'' but sometimes catalogued as Volume III in a series ''The View of Hindoostan''.
*''Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc'' by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one. Book 2 with index follows page 276 of Book 1 [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ Google Books]. A chapter on China commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA141 page 141 of book 2]
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.520/page/n11 ''British Trade With China''] by James Matheson 1836. Archive.org, Public Library Of India Collection. Full title ''The present position and prospects of the British trade with China; together with an outline of some leading occurrences in its past history'' by James Matheson, Esq. of the firm of Jardine, Matheson and Co, of Canton.*[https://archive.org/details/britishtradeopen0000gree/page/n7/mode/2up ''British Trade and the Opening of China, 1800-42''] by Michael Greenberg 1951. [https://archive.org/details/britishtradeope00gree [1979<nowiki>]</nowiki> reprint edition]. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. *[https://archive.org/details/sixmonthsamongma00yvanrich dli.ernet.536630/page/n3/mode/2up ''Six months among the Malays, Trade and a year in China''] by Dr Yvan, Physician to Diplomacy on the scientific mission sent by France to China, 1855 Archive.orgCoast. The book appears to be translations Opening of extracts from the book [https://archive.org/details/defranceenchine00yvangoog ''De France en ChineTreaty Ports 1842-1854''] by Melchior Yvan 1855 ArchiveJohn King Fairbank.org. This expedition departed France December 1843.*[https://archive.org/details/residencechinese00fort ''A residence among the Chinese inland2nd edition 1969, on the coast, and at seafirst published 1953. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856''] by Robert Fortune 1857 Archive.org.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044014172761?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Shanghai Almanac'' 1856] Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MYdA2zTNYRkC&pg=PP9 ''The Hongkong Directory: With List of Foreign Residents in China''] 1859 Google Books
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''
: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 on archive.org (Previously most/all browsers could not read the online versions on archive.org, but this problem appears to have resolved.)
:In addition,
**[https://archive.org/details/directoryofprote1920unse/page/n8/mode/2up ''Directory of Protestant missions in China 1920''] Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/directoryofprote00shan ''Directory of Protestant Missions in China 1921''] includes [https://archive.org/stream/directoryofprote00shan#page/n291/mode/2up "Alphabetical List of Names"], page 257. Archive.org
*[https://www.chinafamilies.net/directories/ Online Directories] from China Families, University of Bristol: Department of History.
*''The London and China Telegraph''. Published in London. Covers China, [[Hong Kong]], Japan, [[Straits Settlements]] ([[Singapore]], [[Penang]]), [[Indonesia|Batavia]] and perhaps a wider area. There are two series of digitisations, both on Google Books, one from the Bavarian State Library, the other from Cornell University, the latter labelled A. Links for both series are provided, in case the digitisation quality varies.
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*[https://archive.org/details/chinawhoswho1922 ''The China Who's Who 1922: A Biographical Dictionary''] compiled and published by Carroll Lunt. 1922 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023172640#page/n5/mode/2up ''Record of Services Given and Honours Attained by Members of the Chinese Customs Service, War 1914-1918''] Published 1922, Shanghai. Archive.org
*[http://nlirepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/20299 ''A Subaltern's Sick Leave: Rough notes of a visit in search of health to China and the Cape of Good Hope''] by Nicolas Polson, Bengal Native Infantry 1837. Link to a pdf download, or direct [http://nlirepository.nvli.in/bitstream/123456789/20299/1/NL0048.pdf pdf link] National Library of India Digital Collection. Elsewhere it is stated the author was in fact Lieutenant Peter Nicholson (or Nicolson). He sailed from Calcutta July 1835.*[https://wwwarchive.chinafamiliesorg/details/cu31924023216827 ''The 'Fan Kwae' at Canton before treaty days, 1825-1844''] by An Old Resident [William C Hunter] 2nd edition 1911 (First published 1882) Archive.netorg [Fan Kwae= Foreign Barbarians, Devils]*[https:/directories/ Online Directoriesarchive.org/details/morningofmylifei00nyegrich ''The Morning of My Life in China: comprising an outline of the history of foreign intercourse from the last year of the regime of Honorable East India Company, 1833, to the imprisonment of the foreign community in 1839''] by Gideon Nye 1873 Archive.org *[https://archive.org/details/sixmonthsamongma00yvanrich ''Six months among the Malays, and a year in China''] by Dr Yvan, Physician to the scientific mission sent by France to China, 1855 Archive.org. The book appears to be translations of extracts from the book [https://archive.org/details/defranceenchine00yvangoog ''De France en Chine''] by Melchior Yvan 1855 Archive.org. This expedition departed France December 1843.*[https://archive.org/details/residencechinese00fort ''A residence among the Chinese inland, on the coast, and at sea. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856''] by Robert Fortune 1857 Archive.org *[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.84681/page/iv/mode/2up ''On the Coasts of Cathay and Cipango Forty Years Ago: A Record of Surveying Service in the China FamiliesYellow and Japan Seas and on the Seabord of Korea and Manchuria''] by William Blakeney RN, William; Illustrated by F le Breton Bedwell RN. 1902 Archive.org, University Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of BristolMumbai Collection. The voyage commenced in 1856.*[https: Department //archive.org/details/cu31924023257532 ''A Cruise in an Opium Clipper''] by Captain Lindsay Anderson 1891 Archive.org. He joined the opium clipper 1859 at Shanghai.*[https://archive.org/details/chinesecommerci00willgoog/page/n11 ''The Chinese commercial guide : containing treaties, tariffs, regulations, tables, etc useful in the trade to China & Eastern Asia : with an appendix of Historysailing directions for those seas and coasts''] by S. Wells Williams 5th edition 1863 Archive. org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4QkTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 ''Reports from Committees: Mortality of Troops (China)''] Session 1 February-10 August 1866 Volume XV. Ordered to be printed by The House of Commons 24 July 1866. Google Books.
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023927977 ''British Parliamentary Papers: Mortality of Troops in China 1863 and 1866''] Reprinted 1915 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-9QMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Treaty Ports of China and Japan: A Complete Guide to the Open Ports of Those Countries, Together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong and Macao. Forming a Guide Book & Vade Mecum for Travellers, Merchants, and Residents in General''] by William Frederick Mayers, N B Dennys, and Charles King 1867. '''Note''': The maps have not been filmed. Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023061504/page/n8 ''A land journey from Asia to Europe : being an account of a camel and sledge journey from Canton to St. Petersburg through the plains of Mongolia and Siberia''] by William Athenry Whyte 1871 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=SVsXAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Reports of Missionary Society Hospitals at Amoy, Canton, Chinkiang, Foochow, Hankow, Shanghai, Swatow, Tientsin. 1848-75''] Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/straitsofmalacca00thom_0 ''Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or Ten Years Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad''] by J Thomson 1875 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023558962 ''Canton and the Bogue. The narrative of an eventful six months in China''] by Walter William Mundy 1875 Archive.org. A visit in 1874.
**[https://archive.org/details/truegloryroyalna0000arth_b5n3/page/242/mode/2up "Petty Officer Stan Smith", page 242] China c late 1920s - early 1930s.
**[https://archive.org/details/truegloryroyalna0000arth_b5n3/page/248/mode/2up "Engine Room Artificer Trevor Lewis", page 249] Hong Kong and China, including Shanghai during bombing, mid-late 1930s.
*[https://archive.org/details/diplomacyenterpr0000endi ''Diplomacy and Enterprise : British China policy, 1933-1937''] by Stephen Lyon Endicott 1975. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/midnightinpeking00fren_0 ''Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China''] by Paul French 2012. Archive.org Lending Library. A true story of a 1937 murder of a British schoolgirl.
:[https://archive.org/details/MidnightInPeking ''Midnight In Peking''] by Paul French. BBC Radio Reading audio May-June 2012. Archive.org
