Overview
Sir Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929) was a legendary British diplomat, a key figure in East Asia and Anglo-Japanese/Chinese relations, particularly in Bakumatsu (1853-1867) and Meiji Era (1868-1912) Japan, and in China after the Boxer Rebellion (1900-1906). He also served in Siam (present-day Thailand), Uruguay and Morocco, and represented Britain at the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907. This transcribed and annotated collection consists of Satow's diaries and travel journals, which covers a period of over sixty-five years (1861 to 1926). Volume 3 covers the period of 1883-1888 he spent in Europe (January 1883-January 1884; June 1887-December 1888) and Siam (February 1884-May 1887). During his years in Siam he had also made two short trips to Japan during October-November 1884 and June-September 1886.
