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*Fiction: [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41366 ''The Flying Boat: A Story of Adventure and Misadventure''] by Herbert Strang 1912. Gutenberg.org. Young British traders in China. An adventure story for younger readers.
*Fiction: [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b63985?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Yangtze Skipper''], by Thomas Woodrooffe 1937. HathiTrust Digital Library. Set in 1919 [[Shanghai]], Toby Warren is First Lieutenant on the "Beetle", a (fictious) Royal Navy river gunboat. The author served on HMS "Scarab" (river gunboat) in 1919-1920, so it appears very possible the book is a realistic depiction.
: Note, this title may be the American title as it appears to be the same book as ''River of Golden Sand'' by Thomas Woodrooffe.[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19370128-1.2.62?ST=1&AT=search&k=%20%22Naval%20Odyssey%22&QT=%22navalodyssey%22&oref=article A review of ''River of Golden Sand''] <ref>Books of the Week: ''Morning Tribune'', 28 January 1937, Page 16 nlb.gov.sg</ref>
====Japan====
*[https://archive.org/details/diplomatinjapani00sato ''A Diplomat in Japan; the inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored''] by Sir Ernest Satow 1921 Archive.org. The author was in Japan from September 1862, when he was initially appointed to the British legation as a student Interpreter at Yedo/Yokohama. Includes the 1864 Shimonoski Naval actions, including British, page [https://archive.org/stream/diplomatinjapani00sato#page/102/mode/2up 102]
