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Klappentext A two-volume account of Britain's 1792 diplomatic mission to China published in 1797 by a member of the delegation. Zusammenfassung George Leonard Staunton (1737–1801) was part of Lord Macartney's delegation to China in 1792 to improve relations with Britain. The talks failed, but Staunton kept a detailed account of his time there, which was published in two volumes in 1797. Volume 2 describes the visit to the Imperial court. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Progress of the embassy along the River Pei-Ho, towards the capital of China. Departure of the ships from the Gulf of Pe-Che-Lee; 2. Embassy lands near Tong-Choo-Foo; proceeds through Pekin to a palace in its neighbourhood. Returns to the capital; 3. Journey to the northern frontier of China. View of the Great Wall. Visit to the Emperor's court at his summer's residence in Tartary; 4. Return to Pekin. Observations and occurrences there, and at Yuen-Min-Yuen; 5. Departure from Pekin. Journey to Han-Choo-Foo, partly upon the Imperial canal; 6. Han-Choo-Foo. Journey from thence to Chu-San; and also to Canton. Passage of the Lion and Hindostan from the former to the latter; 7. Residence of the embassy at Canton, and at Macao; 8. Passage to St. Helena; notices of that island. Return home; Appendix.
