An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China
Subtitle: including cursory observations made, and information obtained in traveling through that ancient empire, and a small port 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: By Sir George Staunton ...
Contributors: Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.; Gower, Erasmus, Sir, 1742-1814.; Nicol, G. bookseller.
Publisher: G. Nicol
Published: 1797
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800; China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Early works to 1800; China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.