Across Yunnan
A Journey of Surprises

Detailed and fascinating, this 1910 publication was one of the first books on the Yunnan Province to appear in English.

Archibald John Little (Author), Alicia Little (Edited by)

9781108014090, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 October 2010

196 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.1 cm, 0.25 kg

Published posthumously in 1910, Archibald Little's memoir of his journey across the Yunnan Province in Southwest China was one of the first comprehensive accounts of the region to be published in English. Little, a skilled linguist, worked as a merchant in China for over fifty years and opened up the Upper Yangtze area to steam-powered commerce. He was well known for his intrepid travels into territories not yet explored by Westerners, and his record of this journey was originally published as a series of letters to the North China Herald. This book also contains Little's account of the building of the French Railway Line to Yunnan-Fu, which provided a trade route from India to the Upper Yangtze region. Across Yunnan was completed and edited by Little's wife after his death in 1908. The book includes a detailed map of the area and several photographs.

Editorial note
Introduction
Part I. Between Two Capitals
Part II. Yunnan-Fu
Part III. From Yunnan-Fu to Lao-Kai
Part IV. Through Tonking to Hongkong
Index.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]