The gold and silver road of trade and friendship
the McLeod and Richardson diplomatic missions to Tai states in 1837
by Volker Grabowsky and Andrew Turton
"When British diplomats McLeod and Richardson set out on their missions to the Tai states in December 1836, their aim was trade and friendship. Captain William Couperus McLeod and Dr. David Richardson, both of the East India Company Madras Army, travelled from Moulmein on elephants, horses, and in the caravans of traders, to the present-day regions of the Shan States in Burma, northern Thailand, and Sipsong Panna in China. As the first Europeans to officially visit the region, they experienced some extraordinary social and cultural encounters." "Their narratives, their records of scientific, social and cultural detail, their engaging insights, and some prejudices, make this engrossing reading for the enthusiast of travel and adventure literature. More than this, it is an essential new resource for scholars of many kinds - historians, anthropologists, geographers, and botanists, to name a few."--BOOK JACKET.
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Description and travel, Relations, Social life and customs, Classic travel writing, c 1800 to c 1900, History - General History, Burma, History, Thailand, History: World, South East Asia, Asia - Southeast Asia, International Relations - Diplomacy, Asia - General, Thailand, description and travel, Thailand, social life and customs, Great britain, foreign relations, Thailand, foreign relations, Asia, social life and customs, Asia, description and travel, Great britain, foreign relations, asiaPlaces
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The Gold and Silver Road of Trade and Friendship: The McLeod and Richardson Diplomatic Missions to Tai States in 1837
February 2004, Silkworm Books
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The gold and silver road of trade and friendship: the McLeod and Richardson diplomatic missions to Tai states in 1837
2003, Silkworm Books
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 577-596) and index.
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