An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China ...
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Alternative Title
[title page of v.2].
Date Created
1797
Identifier
University of Otago Library (DeBeer) Special Collections - Eb 1797 S
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Publisher
London : printed for G. Nicol.
Description
In 1792, George, Lord Macartney was appointed Ambassador to the Emperor of China. His prime objective was to negotiate a treaty of commerce and friendship, and to establish a resident Ministry at the court of the Emperor at Peking (Beijing). Macartney was accompanied by the meticulous Sir George Staunton, mathematician John Barrow, James Dinwiddie, a showman-scientist, Thomas Hickey, an idle portrait painter, William Alexander, an industrious draughtsman, and John Crewe, a young rakehell gambler. Although costs were high at
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Title pages
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8vo.
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Source
An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; including cursory observations made, ... travelling through that ancient empire, ... Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, ... By Sir George Staunton, ... In three volumes (London : printed for G. Nicol, 1797).
Language
eng
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An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China.
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Staunton, George, 1737-1801, “An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China ...,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 25, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/index.php/items/show/6121.