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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2011
Print publication year:
2010
First published in:
1875
Online ISBN:
9780511659027
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511659027
Subjects:
East Asian History, Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History, Anthropology
Series:
Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
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The journal of Augustus Raymond Margary's groundbreaking journey from Hankow in the Hubei province of central China, to Bhamo in Upper Burma was published in 1875, soon after his death. Margary was part of the Chinese consular service and had lived in China since 1867, working as an interpreter. This journal begins in August 1874 at the start of his journey, the purpose of which was to meet Colonel Horace Browne to act as his interpreter as he attempted to open an overland trade route between China and India. Margary was the first Englishman successfully to complete the 1,800 mile trip through Szechwan to Yunnan, doing so in six months. On the return trip, he and two servants made a diversion, hearing of danger on his proposed route, but were murdered in the town of Manwyne, leading to public outrage and commemorative publication of accounts of his life and travels.

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