A Journey to the East: Li GUI's a New Account of a Trip Around the Globe
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Li Gui's record of his epic 1876 journey marks China's first officially sanctioned eyewitness account of people and places around the world. A representative to the U.S. Centennial in Philadelphia, Li Gui went on to style himself as the first Chinese official to circle the globe, and his travel diary offers a revealing window into the Chinese view of the West in the late nineteenth century. As the first full-length English translation of this...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0472113542
ISBN13:9780472113545
Release Date:March 2004
Publisher:University of Michigan Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.2" x 9.5"
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