East Sails West : The Voyage of the Keying, 1846–1855.

By: Davies, StephenMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (377 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789888268207Subject(s): Junks -- China -- History -- 19th century | Sailors -- China -- History -- 19th century | Sailors -- Europe -- History -- 19th century | Voyages and travels -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: East Sails West : The Voyage of the Keying, 1846–1855DDC classification: 794.378 LOC classification: G465 -- .D38 2014ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Views from Different Seas -- Part I. The Voyage of the Keying -- 1. Origins, Purchase and Commissioning -- 2. The Ship's Name -- 3. The Crew and the Voyage to New York -- 4. The Troubled Stay in New York -- 5. The Final Leg-Towards Journey's End -- 6. Journey's End: The London Stay -- 7. The Endgame -- Part II. The Ship Itself: Type, Build, Performance -- 8. What Kind of Vessel Was the Keying? -- 9. A Re-appraisal of the Keying's Likely Shape -- 10. The Keying's Dimensions and Shape -- 11. How Fast Could She Go? -- Part III. The Scrapyard of History -- 12. Voyage Over -- Appendix: The Images of the Keying -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates.
Summary: In 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 traveling 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 auc¬tioned 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 relations between China and the West.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Views from Different Seas -- Part I. The Voyage of the Keying -- 1. Origins, Purchase and Commissioning -- 2. The Ship's Name -- 3. The Crew and the Voyage to New York -- 4. The Troubled Stay in New York -- 5. The Final Leg-Towards Journey's End -- 6. Journey's End: The London Stay -- 7. The Endgame -- Part II. The Ship Itself: Type, Build, Performance -- 8. What Kind of Vessel Was the Keying? -- 9. A Re-appraisal of the Keying's Likely Shape -- 10. The Keying's Dimensions and Shape -- 11. How Fast Could She Go? -- Part III. The Scrapyard of History -- 12. Voyage Over -- Appendix: The Images of the Keying -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates.

In 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 traveling 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 auc¬tioned 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 relations between China and the West.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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