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"About this period a mutual friendship began to exist between us; confidence took place of timidity; and now, instead of permitting only a few to visit the shore at a time, they fitted up the garden of a temple as a sort of general arsenal for us;…

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"The Society of Jesus was founded in 1539 by St Ignatius of Loyola. From their base at Goa, India, the Jesuits ventured forth to Japan and China: their goal to spread Christianity and promote the work of the Society. Over the years, their written…

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This painting, which depicts pickers unloading their baskets is one of a set of colorful paintings depicting the tea industry in China.

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This painting, which depicts two men standing in chests of tea is one of a set of colorful paintings depicting the tea industry in China.

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This painting which shows one of the machines used in the tea-industry is one of a set of colorful paintings depicting the tea industry in China.

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This painting which shows workers securing the lids on boxes of tea being sampled inside by two men is one of a set of colorful paintings depicting the tea industry in China.

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This painting is one of a set of colorful paintings depicting the tea industry in China.

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This painting which shows workers drying the tea leaves is one of a set of colorful paintings depicting the tea industry in China.

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This painting which shows workers carrying tea in boxes to be sampled by two men is one of a set of colorful paintings depicting the tea industry in China.

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After the tea has been dried so that it is brittle and black, it is ready for the final process of sifting. The tea is screened through a sieve before it is put into storage boxes. This painting is one of a set of colorful paintings depicting the…

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This painting is one of a set of colorful paintings depicting the tea industry in China.

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Among these tea-shrubs are women and children picking tea. Only the top two or three tender leaves are picked, and these must be nipped off cleanly, without bruising or breaking the stem or stalk.

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A rare 1880s illustration on pith-paper of a scene in the Chinese Royal household.

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"One of the most favourite mysteries presented by the strolling companies in the southern provinces, is "The Spectacle of the Sun and Moon" (Allom, 1842, v II, p. 28).

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This painting is one of a set of colorful paintings depicting the tea industry in China.

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"The Emperor having been informed that, in the course of our travels in China we had shown a strong desire of seeing every thing curious and interesting, was pleased to give directions to the first minister to shew us his park or garden at Gehol. It…

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A rare 1880s illustration on pith-paper of a scene in the Chinese Royal household.

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Roy Andrews (1884-1960) was an explorer, and long-time curator and director of the American Museum of Natural History. His Asiatic Zoological Expedition of 1916-17 was written up in his "Camps and Trails in China". The pagoda on the cover is found at…
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