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Ryukyu Islands

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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London and China Express, 8 June 1883

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 37/20
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'London and China Express', 8 June 1883, pp. 611-616, including two articles, 'France and Tong King' and 'The Loochoo Question'.

Dates: 8 June 1883
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers of Sir Harry Parkes / Periodicals, press cuttings, articles and proofs
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Memorandum re Japan, Loochoo and China, 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 32/10
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A copy of a memorandum by Ernest Satow concerning relations between Japan, Loochoo (Ryukyu Islands) and China, dated Yedo, 6 July 1879, written in a hand identical to that of Parkes 16/6.

Dates: 1879
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers of Sir Harry Parkes / Memoranda
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Notes on Japan and the Loochoo islands, circa 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 28/26
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'Loochooan Envoys': notes in Parkes' hand concerning relations between Japan and the Loochoo Islands (Ryukyu Islands), undated (1870s?).

Dates: circa 1875
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers of Sir Harry Parkes / Notes and memoranda
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Notes on Loochoo Islands, circa 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 33/70
Scope and Contents Notes in Parkes' hand, mostly concerning the Loochoo Islands (Ryukyu Islands), including a reference to Admiralty Chart 2412 (China: The Islands Between Formosa and Japan with the Adjacent Coast of China, London, 1868), as well as to Saigo (Takamori?), 'Shimadzu' (Shimazu Hisamitsu?), and William Yates, undated (possibly 1877 or earlier), 4 bifolios. There are also undated items in Japanese: a list of the names and titles of three Loochooan officials (possibly from between 1872 and 1879), 1...
Dates: circa 1875
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers of Sir Harry Parkes / Miscellaneous papers
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Notes on treaty revision, circa 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 33/49
Scope and Contents

'Inouye. March 3': notes in Parkes' hand of a conversation with Inoue Kaoru concerning the preliminary conference on treaty revision, affairs of the Japanese Government, and relations with Loochoo (Ryukyu Islands) and Korea, including reference to Okuma Shigenobu, undated (possibly c. March 1882).

Dates: circa 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers of Sir Harry Parkes / Miscellaneous papers
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Notes on visit to Loochoo Islands, circa 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 33/27
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A folder containing undated notes in Parkes' hand concerning a visit to the Loochoo Islands (Ryukyu Islands), 11-14 December (1875?), 2 bifolios + 2 folios (one blank), and a press cutting (from Yokohama?), 6 May 1875, 1 folio, including the article 'The Loochooan Tribute'.

Dates: circa 1875
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers of Sir Harry Parkes / Miscellaneous papers
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Petition from the agents of Loochoo, 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 32/7
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'Exposé présenté au Ministre de France par les Agents de Lieou Kieou le 20 Novembre 1878': a translation into French of a petition presented to the French diplomat Francis Henri Louis de Geofroy by the agents of Loochoo (Ryukyu Islands), dated Tokyo, 20 October 1878, 5 folios + cover (sewn together), with annotations in Parkes' hand. There is also a loose folio containing an undated note by Parkes.

Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers of Sir Harry Parkes / Memoranda

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