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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; (subsequent to that of the Earl of Macartney.) Containing a Description of Several Parts of the Chinese Empire, Unknown to Europeans; taken from the journal of André Everard van Braam, Chief of the Direction of that Company, and Second in the Embassy. Translated from the original of M. L. E. Moreau De Saint-Mery. With a correct Chart of the Route. ...