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 by 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 their return to Europe. Vol. 2
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1797
Information About
This publication is an account of the official Embassy of Great Britain to China, taken from the papers of the first ambassador, Sir George Macartney. The publication is written by George Staunton, who accompanied the ambassador on the journey to China. Volume two details the journey of the Sir George Macartney within China, dealings with the Chinese court, and the ambassador's journey back to England.
Subjects
Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800 China--Description and travel--Early works to 1800 China--Foreign relations--Great Britain--Early works to 1800 Great Britain--Foreign relations--China--Early works to 1800Categories
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- Title
- 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 by 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 their return to Europe. Vol. 2
- Creators
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- Staunton, George, Sir, 1737-1801
- Subject
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- Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800
- China--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
- China--Foreign relations--Great Britain--Early works to 1800
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--China--Early works to 1800
- Publisher
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- National Library Board Singapore, 1797
- W. Bulmer & Co., 1797
- Contributors
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- John Bastin
- Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806
- Gower, Erasmus, Sir, 1742-1814
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill., portraits, maps
- Provenance
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- The resource described is part of the National Library Board’s Singapore Collection, digitised as part of the NL-NAS Masterplan by Whole-of-Government (WOG) panel vendor (Konica) in 2020/2021. It was stored in hard disks and kept at Library Supply Centre prior to ingestion into Rosetta.
- Table of Contents
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- ch. I. Progress of the Embassy along the river Pei-Ho, towards the capital of China. Departure of the ships from the Gulf of Pe-Che-Lee -- ch. II. Embassy lands near Tong-Choo-Foo ; proceeds through Pekin to a palace in its neighbourhood. Returns to the capital -- ch. III. Journey to the northern frontier of China. View of the Great Wall. Visit to the emperor's court at his summer residence in Tartary -- ch. IV. Return to Pekin. Observations and occurrences there, and at Yuen-Min-Yuen -- ch. V. Departure from Pekin. Journey to Han-Choo-Foo, partly upon the imperial canal -- ch. VI. Han-Choo-Foo. Journey from thence to Chu-San, and also to Canton. Passage of the Lion and the Hindostan from the former to the latter -- ch. VII. Residence of the embassy at Canton, and at Macao -- ch. VIII. Passage to St. Helena ; notices of that island. Return home -- Appendix.
- Copyright
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- Digitised images, All rights reserved, National Library Board Singapore, 2020