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An East India company cemetery : protestant burials in Macao /

Many of the the major figures (British, European and American) during the turbulent events leading to the Opium War are buried in the Old Protestant Cemetery in Macao. The stories told by the inscriptions on the 160 gravestones there form Macao and Hong Kong's heritage.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Ride, Lindsay, Sir, 1898-1977 (Autor), Ride, May (Autor)
Otros Autores: Mellor, Bernard (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©1996.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; SECTION ONE; 1. Macao and the Setting; 2. The Company and the China Trade; 3. Trade after the Company; 4. At Sea; 5. Ashore
  • The Context; 6. Life Ashore; 7. Death; SECTION TWO; 8. The Memorials; 9. The Entries; 10. The Stones in the Wall; Chronology; Sources; List of Names; Index.