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Peking
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Seven books by five travelers mention Peking between 1870 and 1943. Here is what each of them saw, in the order they were there.
- 1870–1882
Among the Mongols
Gilmour's winter headquarters. Mongols from nearly all the tribes came to the capital on Government duty, and he met them at the Mongol lodging-places, the Halha Kuan outside the north wall and the Li Kuan behind the British Legation.
…of a lama, who, disappointed at a foreigner’s refusal to perform in Peking an impossible operation on the eye, went back indignant to his home in Mongolia, and fell…Listen from here · chapter 16, 28:26…homes before; those that were left now disappeared, the traders from Peking and other places who had come for the occasion departed to travel round the country; and…Listen from here · chapter 24, 11:54 - 1884–1943
Under a Lucky StarRoy Chapman Andrews
The walled imperial capital of China and Andrews' home base for some twenty years — the city of his 'Peking palace' and the outfitting point for every desert season. Now Beijing.
…1900 had there been such a dust storm as that which ushered us into Peking on April 14, 1921. The yellow blanket reached as far south as Shanghai and hovered over…Listen from here · chapter 18, 0:02…reasonably good and always rode as one of the four which represented Peking in the Interport matches between Shanghai, Tientsin, Hankow, and regimental teams from…Listen from here · chapter 20, 10:12 - 1893–1929
Larson, Duke of Mongolia
The older spelling of Beijing, the Chinese capital and seat of the Manchu and Republican governments Mongolia had to deal with.
In the second year of the Buddha’s reign I was asked to go to Peking for five years as Mongolian representative and as adviser on Mongolian affairs to Yuan…Listen from here · chapter 8, 1:01:10…included in the Mongol delegation, I returned from my appointment at Peking to life at my horse ranch on the plateau, glad to exchange the foul air of the city for…Listen from here · chapter 8, 1:02:06 - 1902
Journeys in Mongolia
Beijing (older spelling Peking), the author's base. Under the Mongols it was Kublai's winter capital Cambaluc (Khanbaligh, the 'Great Court'), from which a Mongol ruled the largest empire in Asian history.
…appropriate as a base for travel in Mongolia than Kublai’s city, Khanbaligh or Cambaluc, the “Great Court,” whence a Mongol governed the mightiest empire of Asiatic…Listen from here · chapter 2, 5:46…the neighbourhood live the representatives of forty Chinese firms of Peking, Kalgan, and Dolon Nor, who patiently barter silks and miscellaneous luxuries for cattle,…Listen from here · chapter 9, 4:35 - 1919–1920
Across Mongolian PlainsRoy Chapman Andrews
The older postal-romanization spelling of Beijing, the Chinese capital and the expedition's outfitting base.
…hair five or six inches in length, and when Kublai Khan arrived in Peking after his long journey across the plains he looked more like a grizzly bear than a horse.Listen from here · chapter 9, 19:51…flooding the flower-filled courtyards of Duke Tsai Tse's palace in Peking when Dr. G. D. Wilder, Everett Smith, and I alighted from our car at the huge brass-hound…Listen from here · chapter 21, 0:03 - 1920–1921
Beasts, Men and Gods
Beijing under its older spelling: seat of the Chinese government whose commissioners and garrisons held Mongolia until Baron Ungern took Urga.
Surrounded by the comforts and conveniences of the splendid hotel at Peking, while shedding all the attributes of traveler, hunter and warrior, I could not, however,…Listen from here · chapter 43, 2:39…who poisoned the Chinese physician sent by the Chinese Emperor from Peking to “liquidate” the Living Buddha, — a small white old fellow with a deeply wrinkled face,…Listen from here · chapter 45, 10:00 - 1922–1925
On the Trail of Ancient ManRoy Chapman Andrews
The older postal-romanization spelling of Beijing, the Chinese capital and the expedition's outfitting base.
…since 1900 had there been such a storm as that which ushered us into Peking on the 14th of April, 1921. The dust reached as far south as Shanghai and its yellow…Listen from here · chapter 4, 0:18…Chinese superstitions, and we were greeted with a flood of rumors; Peking was certain to be attacked and looted — even the day and hour had been set — it was…Listen from here · chapter 4, 1:00
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