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Rose, Sarah, 1974-
Subjects
Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880 -- Travel -- China.
East India Company -- History -- 19th century.
Tea trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Tea trade -- China -- History -- 19th century.
Tea -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Tea -- China -- History -- 19th century.
Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Business intelligence -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
China -- Description and travel.
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
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For all the tea in C...
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For all the tea in China : how England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history / Sarah Rose.
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Rose, Sarah, 1974-
New York : Viking, 2010.
Subjects
Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880 -- Travel -- China.
East India Company -- History -- 19th century.
Tea trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Tea trade -- China -- History -- 19th century.
Tea -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Tea -- China -- History -- 19th century.
Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Business intelligence -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
China -- Description and travel.
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780670021529 :
0670021520
Description:
x, 261 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Prologue -- Min River, China, 1845 -- East India House, City of London, January 12, 1848 -- Chelsea Physic Garden, May 7, 1848 -- Shanghai to Hangzhou, September 1848 -- Zhejiang Province near Hangzhou, October 1848 -- A green tea factory, Yangtze River, October 1848 -- House of Wang, Anhui Province, November 1848 -- Shanghai at the Lunar New Year, January 1849 -- Calcutta Botanic Garden, March 1849 -- Saharunpur, North-West Provinces, June 1849 -- Ningbo to Bohea, the Great Tea Road, May and June 1849 -- Bohea, July 1849 -- Pucheng, September 1849 -- Shanghai, Autumn 1849 -- Shanghai, February 1851 -- Himalayan Mountains, May 1851 -- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock, 1852 -- Tea for the Victorians -- Fortune's story.
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Rose's remarkable account follows the journey of Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener, who was deployed by the British East India Company to steal China's tea secrets in 1848. This thrilling narrative combines history, geography, and old-fashioned adventure.
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Hawaii State Library
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382.41372 Ro
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382.41372 Ro
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Lihue Public Library
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382.41372 Ro
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McCully-Moiliili Public Library
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Pahoa P/S Library
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382.41372 Ro
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