Macartney's Mission: The Story of the First British Embassy to the Court of the Emperor Qian Long in Peking, 1792-94 - Hardcover
In 1792 the Earl of Macartney was appointed by William Pitt to undertake an embassy to China, whose purpose was to open up trading, to establish an ambassador in Peking, and to sign treaties of friendship with the Chinese emperor. Macartney set out in three ships with 800 people - diplomats, soldiers, botanists, artists and servants. This is the day-by-day story, taken from surviving diaries and records of both the English and the Chinese sides, of that two-year enterprise.
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- PublisherBarrie & Jenkins
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0712645381
- ISBN 13 9780712645386
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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