Miscellany of the South Seas A Chinese Scholar's Chronicle of Shipwreck and Travel through 1830s Vietnam

In 1835 young Chinese scholar Cai Tinglan was caught in a typhoon while sailing across the Taiwan Strait. He and his shipmates spent a harrowing week at sea before drifting to the coast of central Vietnam. With an escort of Vietnamese soldiers, Cai traveled north along the famous "Mandarin Road...

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Language:English
Published: Seattle University of Washington Press 2023
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