History of the Pirates Who Infested the China Sea From 1807 to 1810
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Piracy on the coast of China in the nineteenth century inflicted chaos and serious economic damage, with large mobs of bandits attacking coastal villages as well as wreaking havoc at sea. Yung-lun Yüan's account of this period, published in Chinese in 1830 and in English in 1831, is a colourful depiction of the pirate scourge. Interwoven with the narratives of the pirates themselves as well as those of the courageous civilians who resisted them, the text describes the organisation and rules of the pirates as well as the authorities' attempts to broker peace. Also included is Sir John Dalrymple...
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- HISTORY OF THE PIRATES WHO INFESTED THE CHINA SEA, From 1807 to 1810.
- CONTENTS
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
- YING HING SOO's PREFACE.
- KING CHUNG HO's PREFACE.[21]
- THE HISTORY OF THE CHINESE PIRATES.
- BOOK FIRST.
- BOOK SECOND.
- APPENDIX.
- THE END.
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