Visible Cities: Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the Coming of the AmericansHarvard University Press, 31. mars 2008 - 147 sider The eighteenth century witnessed the rise of the China market and the changes that resulted in global consumption patterns, from opium smoking to tea drinking. In a valuable transnational perspective, Leonard Blussé chronicles the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities. Canton was the port of call for foreign merchants in the Qing empire. Nagasaki was the official port of Tokugawa Japan. Batavia served as the connection site between the Indian Ocean and China seas for ships of the Dutch East India Company. |
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... ship that entered into Japan's coastal waters was immediately reported and searched ; even the number of Chinese and Dutch ships permitted to visit Nagasaki was strictly limited . Relations with neighboring Korea were carefully managed ...
... ships to sail to and from Canton . Holland's loss was American shipping's gain . So far I have been describing the reception of foreign vessels in Can- ton , but Paul Van Dyke makes an interesting point about the huashang network of ...
... ships from the Netherlands to enter Nagasaki Bay.63 Between 1797 and 1807 , the year of President Jefferson's embargo , eleven American ships called at Deshima.64 Many of the logbooks and cargo lists of these ships have been preserved ...
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Visible Cities: Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the Coming of the Americans Leonard Blussé Begrenset visning - 2008 |
Visible Cities: Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the Coming of the Americans Leonard Blussé Begrenset visning - 2008 |