Law, Labour and Empire
Law, Labour and Empire
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法律、劳工与帝国
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10.1057/9781137447463_9
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2015
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Van Lottum J
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在这一章中，我们跟随约瑟夫·安东·庞赛的生平，他于1752年出生于德国，20岁时移民到哥本哈根。26年后的1798年，庞赛的船Eenrum在葡萄牙海岸外被劫持，首先被带到里斯本，然后在1799年初被带到朴次茅斯。他在两个城市都受到了英国当局的审问。1797年，他担任船长的私人商船把他带到了广州(今广州)，名叫中国。蓬塞的身体和精神健康状况不佳，在中国的命令下，他被取代为船长，而船主恰好也是船主的儿子。为了恢复健康，他在印度尼西亚短暂居住了一段时间。当我们在他职业生涯的后期，即1803年至1805年见到庞赛时，他的职业地位已经大幅下降：他只是丹麦亚洲公司(DAC)驶往印度特兰克巴尔的船只上的二副。尽管他后来成为大副，但他从未重新获得船长的高度，尽管他的技能很高，经验也很丰富。到1812年去世时，他已经去过中国和孟加拉十五六次；他结过婚，加入了船长协会，成为哥本哈根的一名市民，并在海上经历了各种职业的生活。
In this chapter, we follow the life of Joseph Anton Ponsaing, who was born in Germany in 1752 and emigrated to Copenhagen at age 20. Twenty-six years later, in 1798, Ponsaing’s ship, theEenrum, was captured off the coast of Portugal and taken first to Lisbon and later to Portsmouth early in 1799. He was interrogated by the English authorities in both cities. The private merchant ship on which he served as captain took him to Canton (present-day Guangzhou), China in 1797. Ponsaing’s poor physical and mental health saw him replaced as captain in China, on the orders of the ship’s supercargo, who also happened to be the owner’s son, and he spent a brief residence in Indonesia to recover. When we meet Ponsaing later in his career, from 1803 to 1805, his occupational standing had fallen considerably: he was a mere second mate in the Danish Asiatic Company’s (DAC) ship journeying to Tranquebar, in India. Although he later became chief mate, he never regained the heights of captaincy, despite his high skill and obvious experience. By the time of his death in 1812, he had travelled to China and Bengal 15 or 16 times; he had married, gained admittance into the Skippers’ Guild, became a burgher of Copenhagen and experienced life at sea in a variety of occupational roles.