Early American diplomacy in the Near and Far East
Subtitle: the diplomatic and personal history of Edmund Q. Roberts (1784-1836)
By: Hermann Frederick Eilts
Series: ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series
Publisher: New Academia Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780986021657
Subjects: Foreign relations; International trade; History; Commercial policy; Businesspeople; Biography; Diplomats
Description: "This book traces the remarkable career of a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-born merchant and his efforts on behalf of early American diplomacy with key trading partners in both the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. The book recounts the diplomatic and commercial milieu in which Roberts labored, initially as commissioner and later as special agent on behalf of the United States, to pioneer diplomatic dialogue and negotiate commercial treaties with the ruler of Muscat and Oman and with the King of Siam."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-251).