The Capital of the Tycoon
Subtitle: A Narrative of a Three Years' Residence in Japan. Volume 1
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: September 28, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 519
ISBN-13: 9781402162299
Subjects: capital of tycoon,narrative,residence,Jap travel,description,foreign relations,Rutherford Alcock; History / Asia; History / Far East
First sentence: IN consequence of the treaty entered into with the government of the Tycoon by the Earl of Elgin in 1858, it became necessary to establish a permanent diplomatic mission in Japan; and it was yet early in the spring of the following year when I received, at Canton, the first intimation of my appointment as its head.