China Opened: Or, A Display Of The Topography, History, Customs, Manners, Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, Literature, Religion, Jurisprudence, Etc. Of ... East And South-East Asian History) (Volume 2)

The Prussian-born Protestant missionary Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (1803-51) sought to spread Christianity in the Far East. A gifted linguist, he learned several Chinese dialects and distributed translated literature. This 1838 two-volume work brought a wealth of information on Chinese geography, history, culture and government to a Western readership.

• | Author: Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 19, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 582 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 110807944X
• | ISBN-13: 9781108079440