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 ...

Author(s)

• Staunton, George, Sir
• Macartney, George Macartney, Earl

Bibliographic Information

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 ...

by Sir George Staunton

Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1797

• Vol. 1
• Vol. 2
• Volume of plates

Note

"In two volumes, with engravings; beside a folio volume of plates"

Details

• NCID: BA3775831X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v.
• Size: 30-59 cm. (4to)