An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China (Volume 1); Including Cursory Observations Made, and

Title: 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 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 Volume: 1 Publisher: London: G. Nicol Publication date: 1797 Subjects: Voyages and travels Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.