The Correspondence of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister in Japan, 1895-1900:

Download or read book The Correspondence of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister in Japan, 1895-1900: written by Ian Ruxton and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains part of the voluminous work-related private correspondence sent to Sir Ernest Satow while he was Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan (1895-1900) from the Satow Papers held at The National Archives, Kew, London, transcribed and published in full from mostly handwritten originals with annotations added by the editor for scholars and researchers. This is the fourth and final volume, and it contains letters from Formosa (now Taiwan) where the British Japan Consular Service took over staffing duties from the China Service after the island was ceded to Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki which concluded the Sino-Japanese War in 1895. A foreword has been kindly provided by Dr. J.E. Hoare of HM Diplomatic Service (retired) and SOAS.