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19TH C. SUBJECTS
1813: Geography, Topography, Voyages, and Travel
1838: Asia and Africa
1850: Asia and Africa
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China--Description and travel
China--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
Great Britain--Foreign relations--China
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Sir George Staunton

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 with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home being the islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, and St. Jago the port of Rio de Janeiro in South America the islands of St. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha, and Amsterdam the coasts of Java, and Sumatra the Nanka Isles, Pulo Condore, and Cochin China : taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney ... Sir Erasmus Gower ... and other gentlemen in the several departments of the embassy

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Record reflects two copies noted in 19th century catalogs; a 3 vol. London edition printed 1797, and a 2 vol. Dublin edition printed 1798. 
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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 with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home being the islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, and St. Jago the port of Rio de Janeiro in South America the islands of St. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha, and Amsterdam the coasts of Java, and Sumatra the Nanka Isles, Pulo Condore, and Cochin China : taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney ... Sir Erasmus Gower ... and other gentlemen in the several departments of the embassy Library Average
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Allard AnthonyVolume 27/15/18007/23/1799"
John J. WattsVolume 27/21/18008/9/1800"
Allard AnthonyVolume 27/23/18007/23/1799"
Henry RogersVolume 18/2/18008/7/1800Staunton Embassy
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Rebecca LaightVolume 18/20/18008/23/1800Stauntons Embassy
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Charles RhindVolume 18/25/18008/29/1800Strauntons Embassy
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Charles RhindVolume 39/2/18009/19/1800"
Ann PierceVolume 29/29/18001/21/18018/Stauntons Embassy
Thomas Ten EyckVolume 19/30/180010/22/1800Stauntons Embassy
Thomas Ten EyckVolume 210/22/180011/14/18004d"
Benjamin MooreVolume 110/23/180010/24/1800Staunton's Embassy
John ParkinsonVolume 111/11/180011/20/1800Stauntons Embassy
Benjamin MooreVolume 211/14/180011/24/1800Stauntons Embassy
John Jacob AstorVolume 111/24/180012/26/180022/10Staunton's Embassy
John WattsVolume 111/24/180012/6/1800Staunton's Embassy
John ParkinsonVolume 211/28/180012/5/1800Stauntons Embassy
John WattsVolume 212/6/180012/27/1800Stauntons Embassy
John ParsonsVolume 112/29/180012/30/1800Stauntons Embassy
John ParsonsVolume 212/29/180012/30/1800Stauntons Embassy
George GosmanVolume 11/17/18011/22/1801Stauntons China
Richard DuryieVolume 12/5/18012/25/1801Stauntons China
Robert R. RandallVolume 12/19/18012/21/1801Stauntons Embassy
Robert R. RandallVolume 22/21/18012/26/1801"
John S. SchermerhornVolume 12/25/18013/6/1801Staunton Embassy
Richard DuryieVolume 22/25/18013/19/18016d"
Robert R. RandallVolume 32/26/18013/2/1801"
Dominick LynchVolume 13/2/18013/13/1801Stauntons Embassy
John S. SchermerhornVolume 23/7/18013/18/1801"
Isaac Van VleeckVolume 13/9/18013/25/1801Staunton's Embassy
Dominick Lynch3/16/18013/24/1801Stauntons Embassy
Henry KunzeVolume 13/20/18013/27/1801Stauntons China
John S. SchermerhornVolume 33/21/18013/31/1801"
Isaac Van VleeckVolume 23/25/18014/4/1801"
Henry KunzeVolume 13/27/18014/8/1801"
Valentine PetersVolume 13/28/18014/14/1801Stauntons China
Henry KunzeVolume 24/8/18014/18/1801"
Valentine PetersVolume 14/14/18014/23/1801"
Valentine PetersVolume 24/23/18015/21/1801"
William ProctorVolume 14/30/18015/13/1801Staunton's Embassy
William ProctorVolume 35/13/18015/23/1801"
William ProctorVolume 25/13/18015/23/1801"
Nathaniel PauldingVolume 15/20/18016/5/1801Stauntons Embassy
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John WoodVolume 15/25/18016/1/1801Stauntons Embassy
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Gulian VerplanckVolume 16/19/18017/8/1801Stauntons Embassy
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Peter HegemanVolume 17/22/18017/25/1801Staunton China
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Joseph BranttinghamVolume 17/22/18017/24/1801Staunton's China
Daniel StansburyVolume 27/24/18018/7/1801"
Joseph BranttinghamVolume 27/24/18018/7/1801"
Peter HegemanVolume 37/25/18018/6/1801"
Peter HegemanVolume 27/25/18018/6/1801"
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William ShipleyVolume 112/12/18011/8/1802Stauntons Embassy
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John ParkinsonVolume 212/28/18011/6/1802"
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John ShawVolume 19/13/18029/17/1802Stauntons China
John ShawVolume 39/17/180210/15/18022/8"
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Charles RhindVolume 212/28/18021/14/1803"
Silas TalbotVolume 112/31/18021/4/1803Staunton China
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Augustus BaileyVolume 22/5/18032/9/1803"
Garret Van HorneVolume 12/8/18032/11/1803Stauntons China
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William DunlapVolume 34/18/18035/7/1803"
John WoodsVolume 24/18/18035/12/18036d"
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Jonathan H. LawrenceVolume 15/12/18035/18/1803Stauntons China
Christopher WolfeVolume 15/17/18035/31/1803Stauntons China
Jonathan H. LawrenceVolume 35/18/18035/21/1803"
John Ten BrookVolume 35/26/18036/14/1803Stauntons China
Christopher WolfeVolume 25/31/18036/22/1803"
Leffert Lefferts Jr.Volume 16/1/18036/9/1803Staunton's China
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Henry SadlerVolume 12/21/18053/5/1805Stauntons China
George D. CooperVolume 22/23/18053/25/1805Stauntons China
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Henry SadlerVolume 33/14/18053/29/1805"
Archibald McLeanVolume 14/2/18054/5/1805Stauntons China
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Jacob LattingVolume 25/10/18055/18/1805"
Jacob LattingVolume 25/18/18056/12/1805"
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Rich HarisonVolume 27/9/18057/15/1805Staunton China
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George CockVolume 28/7/18058/20/1805"
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