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Historical books online
*[http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/customs/publicationssonline.html Chinese Maritime Customs publications available online]. Chinese Maritime Customs project, University of Bristol
*[http://www.univie.ac.at/Geschichte/China-Bibliographie/blog/ Bibliotheca Sinica 2.0] Online books. "This project is an addition (and a new horizon) for "Western Books on China in Libraries in Vienna/Austria, 1477-1939"". univie.ac.at
*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.**[https://archive.org/details/Harry_Collingwood_A_Chinese_Command ''A Chinese Command: A Story of Adventure in the Eastern Seas''] by Harry Collingwood, (pseudonym i.e. William Joseph Cosens Lancaster). Illustrated by Arch. Webb. 1915 Archive.org. The main character Frobisher is a cashiered Royal Navy ex-officer who ends up commanding a Chinese battleship during the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95. An adventure story. [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:William_Joseph_Cosens_Lancaster Author:William Joseph Cosens Lancaster] Wikisource. 
====Journeys, and Central Asia====
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924074488440 ''Travels of a Pioneer of Commerce in Pigtail and Petticoats; or, An Overland Journey from China towards India''] by T T Cooper, late Agent for the Chamber of Commerce at Calcutta. 1871 Archive.org. Contains a map.
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