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Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : G. R. G. Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze written by G. R. G. Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the prefatory note to Mr. Worcester's earlier book--"Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze"-Sir Frederick Maze, former Inspector General of Customs, pointed out that the Chinese have probably shown more originality than any other people in connection with shipbuilding, and commented on their ingenuity in designing vessels to suit special requirements and different conditions. Mr. Worcester's present book, which deals with the craft of the Yangtze Estuary, provides further striking evidence of the high degree of specialization in design and function achieved by Chinese shipbuilders. Steam and internal combustion engines, with their superior speed and economy, have already supplanted the sail and the oar on certain routes and in certain types of vessels, and these developments must inevitably continue, but even to-day an immense tonnage of cargo, and uncounted thousands of passengers, are carried by the junks and sampans described in this book. -- Prefactory note.
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : George Raleigh Gray Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze written by George Raleigh Gray Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : George R. G. Worcester
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Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : George Raleigh Gray Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze written by George Raleigh Gray Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze: Introduction; and craft of the estuary and Shanghai area by : G. R. G. Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze: Introduction; and craft of the estuary and Shanghai area written by G. R. G. Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the prefatory note to Mr. Worcester's earlier book--"Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze"-Sir Frederick Maze, former Inspector General of Customs, pointed out that the Chinese have probably shown more originality than any other people in connection with shipbuilding, and commented on their ingenuity in designing vessels to suit special requirements and different conditions. Mr. Worcester's present book, which deals with the craft of the Yangtze Estuary, provides further striking evidence of the high degree of specialization in design and function achieved by Chinese shipbuilders. Steam and internal combustion engines, with their superior speed and economy, have already supplanted the sail and the oar on certain routes and in certain types of vessels, and these developments must inevitably continue, but even to-day an immense tonnage of cargo, and uncounted thousands of passengers, are carried by the junks and sampans described in this book. -- Prefactory note.
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze ... By G.R.G. Worcester, Etc by : China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze ... By G.R.G. Worcester, Etc written by China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze, a Study in Chinese Nautical Research... by G. R. G. Worcester,... by : George Raleigh Gray Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze, a Study in Chinese Nautical Research... by G. R. G. Worcester,... written by George Raleigh Gray Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : G. R. G. Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze written by G. R. G. Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze: The craft of the Lower and Middle Yangtze and tributaries by : G. R. G. Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze: The craft of the Lower and Middle Yangtze and tributaries written by G. R. G. Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the prefatory note to Mr. Worcester's earlier book--"Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze"-Sir Frederick Maze, former Inspector General of Customs, pointed out that the Chinese have probably shown more originality than any other people in connection with shipbuilding, and commented on their ingenuity in designing vessels to suit special requirements and different conditions. Mr. Worcester's present book, which deals with the craft of the Yangtze Estuary, provides further striking evidence of the high degree of specialization in design and function achieved by Chinese shipbuilders. Steam and internal combustion engines, with their superior speed and economy, have already supplanted the sail and the oar on certain routes and in certain types of vessels, and these developments must inevitably continue, but even to-day an immense tonnage of cargo, and uncounted thousands of passengers, are carried by the junks and sampans described in this book. -- Prefactory note.
Book Synopsis The junks and sampans of the yangtze, vol.1 by : G. r. g Worcester
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Book Synopsis The junks and sampans of the yangtze by : G. r. g Worcester
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Book Synopsis Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze. By G. R. G. Worcester by : China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Download or read book Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze. By G. R. G. Worcester written by China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : G. R. G.. Worcester
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Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : George Raleigh Gray Worcester
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Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : G Rg Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze written by G Rg Worcester and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive study of the Yangtze craft, complete with carefully detailed scale drawings, the result of the author's research and experience during his 30-year career as a river inspector in China. A lavishly produced volume. "There is really nothing to compare it with, and it is unlikely that it will be superseded in the foreseeable future."--The New York Times "Definitive in its genre."--Publishers Weekly "The best single reference on the subject."--American Neptune "Worcester's imposing work has no equal and not even a close competitor."--Dolphin Book Club News Ever since Marco Polo came home from Cathay some seven hundred years ago with colorful tales of a strange land, westerners have marveled at the timelessness and vastness of China, and the infinite variety of all things Chinese. One such aspect of China was noted by another traveller, Gabriel Magaillans, who nearly three hundred years ago wrote ". . . there are more vessels in China than in all the rest of the known world." In a country so dependent on water transportation for thousands of years, this was most true. The rivers and harbors of China teem with junks and sampans, and almost as amazing as their numbers is the multitudinous variety of types, evolved over the centuries to meet the needs of special and sometimes rather exotic kinds of waterborne commerce. What one brings home from China depends in part on what one took there; what Worcester took was curiosity and understanding, and what he brought back was the warp and woof with which he has masterfully woven a rich fabric of Chinese culture and customs. The China seen by Marco Polo has disappeared, and that known by Worcester is fast going. Here is a chance to let an old China hand take you to one of the great rivers of the world for a last look at a timeless land just before time there ceased to stand still. In The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze, G. R. G. Worcester has written and illustrated a definitive work that will excite the historian, traveler, collector, naval architect, sailor, and modelmaker alike. "This unique book is a comprehensive and authoritative record of the vessels which for centuries provided practically the sole means of communication and transportation in the vast area drained by one of the world's greatest waterways," writes L. K. Little, former Inspector General of the Chinese Customs Service. "These remarkable ships deserve an unusual biographer, and in Mr. Worcester they have found one." 656 pages with over 900 illustrations, fully indexed, including margin notes and personal comments on the author's 30 years among the resourceful and ingenious junkmen of the Yangtze River.
Book Synopsis Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze by : G. R. G. Worcester
Download or read book Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze written by G. R. G. Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gunboat on the Yangtze by : Glenn F. Howell
Download or read book Gunboat on the Yangtze written by Glenn F. Howell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-10-03 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Glenn F. Howell kept a detailed account of his activities in China for 62 years. His journals now make up 202 leather-bound volumes--one of the largest sources in existence, perhaps the largest, of servicemen's observations of service in China during that country's struggle to oust one power and come to grips with a new one between World War I and II. This work presents Howell's diary from June 6, 1920, to September 23, 1921, during which time he commanded the naval gunboat USS Palos on the Yangtze River. First comes a biography of Howell, an overview of Chinese history from 1800 to 1920, and a history of the United States military involvement in China during those years. Howell's time as commander of the USS Palos is divided into three sections. Preceding each, the editor comments on the nature of the upcoming diary entries. Howell covers a range of topics, including the Chinese people, various important locales (e.g., the Three Gorges), making official visits, (his first as a captain), officer-enlisted man relations, opium, the steam navy, people who influenced him (S. Cornell Plant and Captain Joseph Miclo, skipper of the Meitan), missionaries and other foreigners in China (including U.S. military retirees), and "trackers" (China's human beasts of burden.)
