Memorandum on a visit to Tongking, circa 1876
Scope and Contents
An undated and probably incomplete memorandum [by Sir Daniel Brooke Robertson] concerning a visit to Tongking, [4-]14 April [1876], including descriptions of Haiphong, Hanoi, and trading activity, and referring to Marie Dupré, Jean Dupuis, Marie Garnier, Paul Puginier, and Alexandre Le Jumeau de Kergaradec.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1876
Creator
- From the Fonds: Parkes, Sir Harry Smith, 1828-1885 (Knight, diplomat) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
16 item(s) (16 bifolios + 1 folio (tied together))
1 folio(s) (16 bifolios + 1 folio (tied together))
Language of Materials
English
Bibliography
Subject
- Robertson, Sir Daniel Brooke, d 1881 (Knight, diplomat) (Person)
- Dupuis, Jean, 1829-1912 (conqueror of Tongking) (Person)
- Garnier, Marie Joseph François, 1839-1873 (French naval officer and traveller) (Person)
- Dupré, Marie Jules, 1813-1881 (French naval officer and colonial administrator) (Person)
- Puginier, Paul François, 1835-1892 (Bishop of Maurocastrum) (Person)
- Kergaradec, Alexandre Camille Jules Marie Le Jumeau de, 1841-1894 (Comte de Kergaradec, French naval officer and colonial administrator) (Person)
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