East Sails West: The Voyage of the Keying, 1846–1855

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Account, the, 56, 259n26 on Chinese culture, 57, 83, 269n17 on the Chinese crew, 55, 63, 81, 82, 84 on provisions, 111–12 on purchase of Keying, 40, 42 on ship damage, 156, 288n18 Actaeon, HMS logbook extract, 187, 290n35, plate 27 See also Jenkins, Captain Robert, RN Admiralty law. See maritime law, Western Agincourt, HMS, 4, 6, 208–9 Ambrose Channel, 119–20, 280n3 Antwerp, 64, 171, 288n17 architects, naval. See Brunel, I. K.; Fincham, John; Scott Russell, John; Seppings, Sir Robert articles, ship’s, 43, 282n28 Asiatic articles, 65, 71, 130, 133, 137 British articles, 103–4, 130 Keying’s articles, 55, 70–72, 127–28, 130–31, 133 language of, 70, 130 19th century typical example, 131–33 See also maritime law, Western artist, ship’s. See Sam Shing artists, Chinese depictions of Chinese vessels, 199–201, 203 images of the Keying, 47–48, 196, 201–2, 205, 243, 245–47, 249, plates 5–6 See also gouaches; Sam Shing artists, Western contemporary marine artists, 291n2 depictions of Chinese vessels, 198–203 images of the Keying, 195–97, 243–45, 248–49, 250–53, plates 7–16 links between artists, 253 magazines and engravers, 198, 252 See also Currier, Nathaniel; Evans, Edmund; Foster, Birkett; Greenaway, J.; Landells, Ebenezer; Rock Brothers and Payne; Skillett, Stephen Dadd; Vickers; Waugh, Samuel; photography Ascension Island, 106, 114 Atlantic, North Keying’s voyage to London, 152–59, 163, 234 Keying’s voyage to New York, 9, 100–101, 106, 113–16 weather (in winter), 84, 91, 101, 155 See also packets, transatlantic; steamships ; storms Atlantic, South Keying’s voyage, 92 sighting of Keying, 112 See also St Helena auctions of the Keying and contents in Liverpool, 178–79 in London, 175–76 in 20th century, 189 Index 324 Index ballast and Keying’s appearance, 211–12 and Keying’s performance, 95, 98, 102, 111, 161 mentioned in the Account, 42 use on junks, 50 Bambootown. See Whampoa Bangka Strait. See Selat Bangka Barnum, Phineas T. his replica junk, 124, 281n18 barques, 150, 161, 163 Batavia, 49, 69–70, 73, 81–82, 131, 136 batou, 66, 139, 142, 186 See also crewing systems; So Yin Sang Hsi Battery, The, New York, 122–23, 124 image of Keying at, 124, 251 Belcher, Capt. Sir Edward, RN, 238, 257n7, 302n5 Betts, Samuel, xxiv Birkenhead, 178–79, 185 Blackwall, 16, 158, 248, 291n42 East India Dock, Keying berthed at, 160, 165–69, 173–74 Keying’s departure from, 176–77 West India Import Dock, Keying berthed at, 173 Blakeney, William, 187 Blunt, Edmund M., 121–23, 147 Blunt, Joseph, 218 Bogue Forts, 42, 45 Bogue, Treaty of the, 2, 170 Boston, 64, 66 berthing problems, 151, 153 crew defections, 152, 153, 168–69, 270n2 Keying’s departure from, 153–56 Keying’s passage from New York, 145–50, 162 newspaper reports, 150, 151 visitors to the Keying, 151 bridges, River Thames, 167 brigs, 100, 150, 161, 163 American brig met by Keying, 115, 120 ship’s articles for brig Union, 131–33 Bruce, Murdoch, 2, 256n4, plates 1–4 Brunel, I. K., 9, 15, 16, 195 Buckinghamshire, East Indiaman, 56, 84 Burton, G., 32, 35, 63, 74, 117, 142 Candace, 135, 186, 283n41 Canton authorities, 44–45, 50, 58, 73, 84 crew from, 66, 69–70, 84, 131 crew’s passage back to, 69–70, 131 purchase of Keying at, 38–43 See also crew, Chinese; Opium Wars; Whampoa Cape Cod, 147, 149, 155 Cape of Good Hope, 64, 88–89, 91, 162 fair winds at, 90 Keying 1st junk claim, 165, 196 Cape Town Chinese community, 92, 277n91 Keying bypasses, 90–92 Keying stopping at, 46, 90 routes to and stopping off, 86–88, 92, 274n56 cargoes Asian sea trade, 7, 45, 52, 70 cargo space as wages, 139 junk design, 102, 221, 234 Keying’s cargo, 29, 32, 49, 50, 73, 211, 268n56 Keying’s waterline, 210–12 See also ballast; Chinese objects on the Keying Certificate of Competency, 182–84, 289n29 Certificate of Service, 182–83, 289n29 Channel Islands. See English Channel; St. Aubin’s Bay, Jersey Charles River Bridge, 151, 153, 221 China coastal trade. See nanyang and China coastal trades Index 325 Chinese language Chinese language contracts, 70 crew names, transliteration of, 65, 66, 69, 84, 169 mentioned in the Account, 57 on the Keying, 37, 53–54, 57, 248 Chinese Museum, 29–32, 169, 185 See also Dunn...