Westerners in China
Subtitle: A History of Exploration and Trade, Ancient Times Through the Present
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: December 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780786414048
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Economic history; Geographical discovery & exploration; International trade; China - History - 20th Century; History; History - General History; History: World; Asia - China; Civilization; Expeditions & Discoveries; Americans; China; Europeans
Description: "This book traces Western exploration in and trade with China to the present day. It follows such highlights as exploration by the Russian Nikolay Przhevalsky; the travels of nineteenth-century women explorers; American Roy Chapman's discovery of the first fossilized dinosaur eggs; and the competition between two American explorers to be the first to capture a live panda. Also included is a chronology of Chinese history."--Jacket.