Journal of Three Voyages Along the Coast of China, in 1831, 1832 and 1833: With Notices of Siam, Corea, and the Loo-Choo Islands
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The Prussian-born Protestant missionary Karl Friedrich August G tzlaff (1803-51) sought to spread Christianity in the Far East. A gifted linguist, he sailed to Siam and worked on a translation of the Bible into Thai. The British missionary Robert Morrison had fired his interest in China, and G tzlaff later focused his evangelising efforts there, learning several dialects and distributing translated literature. The present work, featuring an introductory...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1108079415
ISBN13:9781108079419
Release Date:April 2015
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:562 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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