An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China 2 Volume Set: Taken Chiefly from the Papers of His Excellency t (Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His)

Brief Description:
A two-volume account of Britain's 1792 diplomatic mission to China, published in 1797 by a member of the delegation.

Table of Contents:
Volume 1: 1. Occasion of the embassy; 2. Preparations for the embassy; 3. Passage to Madeira. Notices of that island; 4. Passage to Teneriffe; to St Jago. Notices of those islands; 5. Passage of the line. Course across the Atlantic. Harbour, city, and country of Rio de Janeiro; 6. Passage to the southern part of the Atlantic, and of the Indian, Ocean. View of the Islands of Tristan d'Acunha in the former, and those of St Paul and Amsterdam in the latter; 7. Entrance into the Straits of Sunda. Visit to Batavia and Bantam in the Island of Java. View of the southern extremity of the Island of Sumatra. Passage through the Straits of Banka to Pulo-Condore; 8. Cochin-China; 9. Passage to the Ladrone Islands near Macao; and thence to Chu-San. Transactions and observations there; 10. Navigation through the Yellow Sea. Embassador's entrance into the River leading to Tien-sing. Volume 2: 1. 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; 2. Embassy lands near Tong-Choo-Foo; proceeds through Pekin to a palace in its neighbourhood. Returns to the capital; 3. Journey to the northern frontier of China. View of the Great Wall. Visit to the Emperor's court at his summer's residence in Tartary; 4. Return to Pekin. Observations and occurrences there, and at Yuen-Min-Yuen; 5. Departure from Pekin. Journey to Han-Choo-Foo, partly upon the Imperial canal; 6. Han-Choo-Foo. Journey from thence to Chu-San; and also to Canton. Passage of the Lion and Hindostan from the former to the latter; 7. Residence of the embassy at Canton, and at Macao; 8. Passage to St. Helena; notices of that island. Return home; Appendix.