The Land of Green Tea by Pamela Masefield

The Land of Green Tea by Pamela Masefield

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Gives an account of the extraordinary events leading up to the first Chinese Opium War, as revealed in letters written home by Colonel Wyndham Baker from his various postings with the East India Company. These events led directly to the signing of treaties which made Hong Kong British until 1997.

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The Land of Green Tea by Pamela Masefield

This is the story of events leading to the first Chinese Opium War, recorded by Wyndham Baker in letters to his family. From the East India Company's Croydon training college, he goes out to India and thence, in response to the British passion for tea-drinking, to China with his Gunners, to set up the first tea factory in Canton - in payment for which the British shipped opium from India.
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ISBN 13 9780906290118
ISBN 10 0906290112
Title The Land of Green Tea
Author Pamela Masefield
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Unicorn Publishing Group
Year published 1995-01-01
Number of pages 192
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