ISBN: 9781108037723

First published in 1896 and based on extracts from diaries, notes and reports, this work, edited by J. A. Macdonald, tells of the nearly three decades that George Mackay (1844–1901)… More...

First published in 1896 and based on extracts from diaries, notes and reports, this work, edited by J. A. Macdonald, tells of the nearly three decades that George Mackay (1844–1901) spent on the island of Formosa (now Taiwan). In 1872 the Canadian Presbyterian priest arrived in northern Taiwan and set up a new missionary station. Within a month of his arrival he had made his first convert, a Chinese named Giam Chheng Hoa. Mackay married a local woman, with whom he had three children, and made numerous trips around the island, founded a hospital and established a college. He also gathered specimens of local fauna and flora that formed the cornerstone of a museum. Mackay offers vivid descriptions of Formosan geography, culture and animal life; his interpretation of the syncretic 'heathenism' of Formosa as a 'dark damning nightmare' is characteristic of the Western viewpoint of his time. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>World History>Asia History>Asia History, Cambridge University Press Core >1<

2011, ISBN: 9781108037723

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[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Cambridge University Press], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. InhaltsverzeichnisEditorial preface Introductory: 1. Early years of the author 2. At Princeton and Edinburgh 3. Toronto to Tamsui 4. First view of Formosa The I, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Taschenbuch, 392, [GW: 522g], Banküberweisung, PayPal<

2011, ISBN: 9781108037723

[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Cambridge University Press], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. InhaltsverzeichnisEditori… More...

[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Cambridge University Press], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. InhaltsverzeichnisEditorial preface Introductory: 1. Early years of the author 2. At Princeton and Edinburgh 3. Toronto to Tamsui 4. First view of Formosa The I, DE, Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Taschenbuch, 392, [GW: 551g], Banküberweisung, PayPal<

ISBN: 9781108037723

Paperback, [PU: Cambridge University Press], First published in 1896 and based on extracts from diaries, notes and reports, this work, edited by J. A. Macdonald, tells of the nearly three… More...

Paperback, [PU: Cambridge University Press], First published in 1896 and based on extracts from diaries, notes and reports, this work, edited by J. A. Macdonald, tells of the nearly three decades that Presbyterian missionary George Mackay (1844-1901) spent on the island of Formosa (now Taiwan). Mackay vividly describes Formosan geography, culture and animal life., Asian History<

2011, ISBN: 1108037720

Kartoniert / Broschiert LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Cambridge University Press]