book chapter
A seaman's narrative of his adventures during captivity among Chinese pirates on the coast of Cochin-China and afterwards during a journey on foot across that country in the years 1857-1858
Charles Westerton • London • Published In 1861 • Pages:
By: Brown, Edward.
Abstract
This is the account of a British seaman who was captured by Chinese pirates and of his escape off the coast of Cochin-China. He traveled through the country in the custody of the Cochin-Chinese for over a year. Brown was in a position to observe closely, and describes the people and their customs in great detail.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Traveler
- Document Rating
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- Analyst
- Katherine Schlesinger ; 1950; Teferi A. Adem ; 2006
- Field Date
- 1857-1858
- Coverage Date
- 1774-1858
- Coverage Place
- southern Vietnam
- Notes
- [by] Edward Brown
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCSH
- Vietnamese