Voyage En China

<p>Voyage En China recounts the travels of Robert Fortune a Scottish botanist in 19th-century China. Disguised as a Chinese merchant Fortune embarked on a series of expeditions to collect plants most notably tea and to learn about Chinese agriculture and horticulture. His detailed observations offer insights into the landscape culture and daily life of the regions he traversed. The book is particularly valuable for its firsthand account of tea cultivation and processing techniques which Fortune documented extensively. It provides a historical perspective on Sino-Western relations and the global tea trade during a period of significant change. This edition makes Fortune's classic work accessible to modern readers interested in travel botany and the history of China.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>