An East India company cemetery : protestant burials in Macao /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Ride, Lindsay, Sir, 1898-1977 (Author), Ride, May (Author)
Other Authors: Mellor, Bernard (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©1996.
Subjects:
1840-1842
Cemeteries > China > Macau (Special Administrative Region)
Cimetières > Chine > Macao.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Cemeteries
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) > History.
China > History > Opium War, 1840-1842.
Hong Kong (China) > History.
Macao (Chine) > Histoire.
Chine > Histoire > 1840-1842 (Guerre de l'opium)
China
China > Hong Kong
China > Macau (Special Administrative Region)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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