The Treaty Ports of China and Japan
A Complete Guide to the Open Ports of those Countries, together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong and Macao

This comprehensive guide to key cities of China and Japan was published in Hong Kong and London in 1867.

Nicholas Belfield Dennys (Compiled by)

9781108045902, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 April 2012

866 pages, 29 maps
21.6 x 14 x 4.9 cm, 1.08 kg

As trade between the East and the West grew in the mid-nineteenth century, increasing numbers of Westerners travelled to China and Japan, and in 1867 this guide to the key port cities such as Hong Kong and Nagasaki was published in both Hong Kong and London. Its editor, Nicholas Belfield Dennys (?1813–99) claimed it was the first such comprehensive handbook printed for public distribution. Intended for visitors and new residents, the guide was originally typeset in China, allowing place names and other words to be printed in Chinese characters. The specially commissioned maps were also engraved in China. The book includes physical descriptions and brief histories of over twenty cities, details of schools and libraries, population statistics and much practical information, as well as a list of other publications on China and Japan. It is a valuable historical source on East Asia during a period of rapid change.

Part I. China: Preface
1. Hongkong
2. Canton
3. Macao
4. Swatow
5. Amoy
6. Foochow
7. Formosa
8. Takow
9. Taiwanfoo
10. Tamsui
11. Kelung
12. Ningpo
13. Shanghae
14. Yang-tz' and River Ports
15. Chinkiang
16. Nanking
17. Kiu-kiang
18. Hankow
19. Chefoo
20. Taku
21. Tientsing
22. Peking
23. Newchwang
Part II. Japan: 24. Japan
25. Nagasaki
26. Yokohama
27. Yedo
28. Hakodadi
29. Hiogo
Index
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]