A young Englishman in Victorian Hong Kong the diaries of Chaloner Alabaster, 1855-1856

A young Englishman in Victorian Hong Kong the diaries of Chaloner Alabaster, 1855-1856

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'In August 1855, sixteen-year-old Chaloner Alabaster left England for Hong Kong, to take up a position as a student interpreter in the China Consular Service. He would stay for almost forty years, climbing the rungs of the service and eventually becoming consul-general of Canton. When he retire...

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Main Author: Penny, Benjamin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Published: Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University, ANU Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Alabaster, Chaloner, > 1838-1898 > Diaries.
Diplomats > Great Britain > Diaries.
English diaries > China > Hong Kong.
Diplomatic and consular service, British > China > Hong Kong > Diaries.
China > History > Opium War, 1840-1842 > Personal narratives.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > China > Hong Kong.
Hong Kong (China) > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Diaries.

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