The first generation: Samuel Shaw's polite reception, 1784-1794 ; Amasa Delano opens the great South Sea, 1790-1820 ; Edmund Fanning's "Voyages round the world," 1793-1834 -- The second generation: Harriett Low in Manila and Macao, 1829-1834 ; Robert Bennet Forbes and the First Opium War, 1839-1840
Summary
"" Readers who love history and stories of exploration on the high seas will devour this gripping tale