Staunton, George, Sir, 1737-1801

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 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 Sir George Staunton, Baronet - The second edition, corrected. - London : Printed by W. Bulmer and for G. Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, 1798 - 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm.

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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

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