An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China : including cursory observations made, and information obtained in travelling through that ancient empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary. Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion of His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India company's service, to the Yellow Sea and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe. Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, Sir Erasmus Gower, and of other gentlemen in the several departments of the embassy

by Sir George Staunton

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Collection Western books about China before 1949 Authors Staunton, George, Sir, 1737-1801 Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806 Gower, Erasmus, Sir, 1742-1814 Subjects Description and travel Foreign relations China Great Britain Voyages and travels Geographic region China Great Britain Language English Call number DS708 .S78 1797 DOI 10.14711/spcol/b504060

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