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2 unusual facts about Karl Gützlaff


Battle of Kowloon

Elliot sent interpreter Karl Gützlaff in a small boat with two men to the centre junk which Elliot thought was the commanding vessel.

Karl Gützlaff

In Macau, and later in Hong Kong, Gutzlaff worked on a Chinese translation of the Bible, published a Chinese-language magazine, Eastern Western Monthly Magazine, and wrote Chinese-language books on practical subjects.


Harry Smith Parkes

In June 1841 Parkes sailed for China to take up his residence at the house of his cousin, Mary Wanstall Gützlaff (née Newell), who was the wife of the missionary and explorer Karl Friedrich Gützlaff.


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