Journeys in North China, Manchuria, and Eastern Mongolia
With Some Account of Corea

This two-volume travelogue, first published in 1870, records the observations of the Scottish missionary Alexander Williamson (1829–90).

Alexander Williamson (Author)

9781108045735, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 August 2012

464 pages, 2 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.59 kg

Scottish missionary Alexander Williamson (1829–90) spent several years preaching in northern China. From 1863 to 1866, he was there as the first overseas agent of the National Bible Society of Scotland. During this time, he travelled as far as Mongolia and Manchuria, a considerable undertaking in those days. He later became secretary of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese, and formed the Chinese Book and Tract Society in 1884. In this illustrated two-volume work, first published in 1870, he records the observations he made during extensive travels that took him via the home of Confucius while propagating the Bible in Chinese script. In Volume 2 he shares his insights and knowledge of Mongolia and Manchuria, providing also some information on Korea, although he had not visited it himself.

1. Inner, or Eastern Mongolia
2. Southern Manchuria
3. Kirin, or Central Manchuria
4. Mr. Meadows on the history of the Manchus
5. Journey from Peking through Inner Mongolia via Je-Hol, Lama-Maiu, and Kal-gan
6. Journey through Inner Mongolia, continued
7. Journey through Inner Mongolia, continued
8. Journey from Che-Foo to Peking via New-Chwang
9. Journeys through Southern and South-Eastern Manchuria
10. Journey through the North-Western portion of Southern Manchuria, Eastern Mongolia, and Central and Northern Manchuria
11. Journey through Northern Manchuria, etc. continued
12. Journey through Northern Manchuria, etc. continued
13. Journey through Northern Manchuria, etc. continued
14. Journey through Shan-Tung and Keang-Su to Nankin and Shanghai
15. Corea
16. Peking Joseph Edkins
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]