Am Stillen Ocean: Abenteuerroman

From the book: "So far, little has been seen of the city itself, except for a countless number of bamboo huts along the shore and those anchored dwellings on the water, which the Chinese call Sam-pan. The river was teeming with smaller vessels of every kind. There was not a single prominent building in sight, as one would find in larger cities, except for an old pagoda and some structures located on hills behind the city, which seemed to be either temples or fortifications." Karl May (1842-1912) was a German writer and one of the most prolific authors of adventure novels.