Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East India Company, to - the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1794 and 179

Klappentext A vivid account of an official visit to the Chinese emperor at the Summer Palace! published in English in 1798. Zusammenfassung First published in French in 1797 and in this English translation in 1798! van Braam Houckgeest's 'faithful description' of a recent Dutch embassy to Beijing was received with enthusiasm by British readers. Volume 2 includes one of the last Western descriptions of the spectacular Summer Palace! destroyed in 1860. Inhaltsverzeichnis Journey of the embassy of the Dutch East-India Company to the court of the Emperor of China, in the years 1794, and 1795; Notice of a collection of Chinese drawings, in the possession of M. van Braam, author of this work.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andr Everard van Braam Houckgeest, Andr¿verard van Braam Houckgeest, Andre Evera Braam Houckgeest, Andre Everard Van Braam Houckgeest, André Everard van Braam Houckgeest, Andr Everard Van Braam Houckgeest
• Mitarbeit: M. L. E. Moreau De Saint-M Ry (Übersetzung), M. L. E. Moreau De Saint-Mery (Übersetzung), M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Méry (Herausgeber und Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 09.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108029063
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02906-3
• Seiten: 332
• Serien: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History; 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 2 Volume Set
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; China, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Asia / China, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Asian History, Classic Travel Writing, C 1700 To C 1800, TRAVEL / Asia / East / China