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Notes on Caleb Cushing's first American diplomatic mission to China written by Elisha Kent Kane [approximately 1844-1845].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879.
- Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857.
- Treaty of Peace, Friendship, and Commerce Between Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and the Emperor of China (1842 August 29).
- Treaty of Wanghia (1844 July 3).
- Contracts.
- Factories.
- Governors.
- International relations.
- Law.
- Missions.
- Navies.
- Politics and government.
- Treaties.
- China--Guangzhou.
- China--Hai River.
- China--Macau.
- China--Nanjing Shi.
- India--Mumbai.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [approximately 1844-1845]
- Summary:
- On political and diplomatic relations between America and China and the Treaty of Wanghia.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Mss.B.K132
- Collection: Elisha Kent Kane Papers (Bulk, 1843-1857) 1810-1953
- Elisha Kent Kane was born in Philadelphia on February 3, 1820, the son of the jurist and Democratic politician John Kintzing Kane and his wife Jane Duval Leiper. Already prominent in Philadelphia and Washington, the Kane family became more so with Elisha's celebrity as an Arctic explorer and his brother, Thomas Leiper Kane's, as a general in the Union army and advocate for the Mormons. Kane studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania before earning a commission as a naval surgeon. While in the Navy, Kane embarked on the succession of voyages to exotic locales that became the basis for his extraordinary fame. In 1843, he attended Caleb Cushing's first diplomatic mission to China as ship's physician, and subsequently travelled to the Philippines and Western Africa. Distinguishing himself in the Mexican War, Kane's greatest fame came from two expeditions to the arctic, aiming to locate the lost explorer, Sir John Franklin and to explore for evidence of the open polar sea. Kane died in 1857 while attempting to organize a third arctic voyage.Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the American Philosophical Society catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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