LEADER 02960nam 2200649 450 001 9910464899703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a988-8268-22-8 010 $a988-8268-20-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000058455 035 $a(EBL)1543482 035 $a(OCoLC)862614309 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001099065 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11587334 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001099065 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11047068 035 $a(PQKB)10355851 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000234353 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1543482 035 $a(OCoLC)872594061 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32858 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1543482 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10799987 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000058455 100 $a20131211h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEast sails West $ethe voyage of the Keying, 1846-1855 /$fStephen Davies 210 1$aHong Kong :$cHong Kong University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (377 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a988-8208-20-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apart I. The voyage of the Keying -- part II. The ship itself : type, build, performance -- part III. The scrapyard of history. 330 $aIn December 1846, the Keying, a Chinese junk purchased by British investors, set sail from Hong Kong for London. Named after the Chinese Imperial Commissioner who had signed away Hong Kong to the British, manned by a Chinese and European crew, and carrying a travelling exhibition of Chinese items, the Keying had a troubled voyage. After quarrels on the way and a diversion to New York, culminating in a legal dispute over arrears of wages for Chinese members of the crew, it finally reached London in 1848, where it went on exhibition on the River Thames until 1853. It was then auctioned off, towed to Liverpool, and finally broken up. In this account of the ship, the crew and the voyage, Stephen Davies tells a story of missed opportunities, with an erratic course, overambitious aims, and achievements born of lucky breaks -- a microcosm, in fact, of early Hong Kong and of the relations between China and the West. 606 $aVoyages and travels$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aJunks$zChina$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSailors$zChina$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSailors$zEurope$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVoyages and travels$xHistory 615 0$aJunks$xHistory 615 0$aSailors$xHistory 615 0$aSailors$xHistory 676 $a794.378 700 $aDavies$b Stephen$0119462 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464899703321 996 $aEast sails West$92467555 997 $aUNINA