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AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE EMBASSY OF THE DUTCH EAST-INDIA COMPANY, TO THE COURT OF THE EMPEROR OF CHINA, IN THE YEARS 1794 AND 1795
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| By: |
Andre Everard Van Braam Houckgeest, M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Mery |
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Paperback |
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£34.00 |
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£32.30 |
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| ISBN 10: |
110802906X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108029063 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
9 June, 2011 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History |
| Pages: |
332 |
| Description: |
A vivid account of an official visit to the Chinese emperor at the Summer Palace, published in English in 1798. |
| Synopsis: |
First published in French in Philadelphia in 1797 and translated into English for the London edition of 1798 reissued here, this travelogue by Andre Everard van Braam Houckgeest (1739-1801) was received with enthusiasm by readers hungry for exotic accounts of distant lands. It vividly describes a visit to the Chinese imperial court by a delegation from the Dutch East India Company soon after the British Macartney embassy, and delivers a rare glimpse of an unfamiliar landscape and culture. Fascinated by his experiences, van Braam records that he thought it 'far better to lose a few hours rest, than to let a single remarkable object escape me'. Volume 2 includes one of the last known Western descriptions of the spectacular Summer Palace, destroyed in 1860, and a detailed list of several hundred Chinese paintings and drawings that van Braam brought back and intended to donate to the French nation. |
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black & white illustrations |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |
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