Mission to China: How an Englishman Brought the West to the Orient

by John Holliday

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At the age of only twenty, Walter Medhurst set sail in August 1816 from London, aboard the General Graham, bound for Malacca to establish a printing facility for the London Missionary Society. Thereby began a career as missionary, adventurer, printer, writer, translator, teacher and nineteenth-century pioneer to China. The adventure begins in Madras, where Walter meets and falls in love with his wife Elizabeth and together they move on to Malacca,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1445661349

ISBN13:9781445661346

Release Date:September 2016

Publisher:Amberley Publishing

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.48 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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History Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality

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