Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817 : containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's embassy to the court of Pekin, and observations on the countries which it visited



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1818

Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817 : containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's embassy to the court of Pekin, and observations on the countries which it visited

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In 1816, William Pitt Amherst, Baron Amherst, was sent as ambassador extraordinary to China, with Clarke Abel as the chief medical officer and naturalist on the mission. This is an account by Abel, narrating the journey to China, the mission's unsuccessful attempt to establish diplomatic relations, observation of the Chinese society and culture, his collection of botanical and mineralogical specimens (most of which were lost during a shipwreck on the return voyage), and a geological survey of Cape of Good Hope.

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Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857--Travel Abel, Clarke, 1780-1826--Travel China--Description and travel China--Foreign relations--Great Britain Great Britain--Foreign relations--China

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Description and travel International relations

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Title
Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817 : containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's embassy to the court of Pekin, and observations on the countries which it visited
Creators
  • Abel, Clarke, 1780-1826
Subject
  • Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857--Travel
  • Abel, Clarke, 1780-1826--Travel
  • China--Description and travel
  • China--Foreign relations--Great Britain
  • Great Britain--Foreign relations--China
Publisher
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1818
  • Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818
Contributors
  • John Bastin
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill. (some col.), maps
Provenance
  • 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
  • Ch. I. Departure of the embassy from Portsmouth ...... General remarks -- ch. II. Departure of the embassy from Rio di Janeiro ...... Departure from Sirang -- ch. III. Departure of the embassy from Batavia roads ...... Arrival at Tung-chow -- ch. IV. Tung-chow ...... Water of the Pei-ho -- ch. V. Embassy leaves Tung-chow ...... Shells -- ch. VI. Embassy enters the Yang-tse-keang ...... Meteorological observations -- ch. VII. Nan-chang-foo ...... Arrival at Canton -- ch. VIII. Canton ...... Geological appearance -- ch. IX. Embassy arrives at Manilla ...... The shipwrecked band embarks for Batavia -- ch. X. Java ...... Arrival in Simon's Bay -- ch. XI. Cape of Good Hope ...... Albatross -- ch. XII. St. Helena ...... Arrival in England -- Appendix.
Copyright
  • Digitised images, All rights reserved, National Library Board Singapore, 2020