Welcome to China, America and the Pacific: Trade and Cultural Exchange


Explore an extensive range of archival material connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects and maps document this fascinating history.

Nature and Scope

Learn about the collections featured in China, America and the Pacific, and key themes covered in the resource.

Thematic Guides

The documents in China, America and the Pacific have been indexed by key themes. Read short introductions on these thematic areas and discover key resources.

Essays

Learn more about the material within China, America and the Pacific with these contextual essays, contributed by leading scholars.

Mapping Pacific Voyages

Discover voyages described in some of the ship’s logs and seafaring journals that feature in China, America and the Pacific.

Exhibitions

Take a closer look at the significant topics found in China, America and the Pacific with these exhibitions.

Merchant Biographies

Explore the companies, private merchants and merchant families that feature in China, America and the Pacific.