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portada 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: An. - East and South-East Asian History) (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Author
Illustrated by
Translated by
Publisher
Year
2011
Language
Inglés
Pages
332
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
21.6 x 14.0 x 1.9 cm
Weight
0.42 kg.
ISBN
110802906x
ISBN13
9781108029063
Edition No.
1
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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 2 Volume Set: An. - East and South-East Asian History) (in English)

André Everard Van Braam Houckgeest (Author) · M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Méry (Illustrated by, Translated by) · Cambridge University Press · Paperback

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: An. - East and South-East Asian History) (in English) - Braam Houckgeest, André Everard Van ; Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E. ; Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E.

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Synopsis "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: An. - East and South-East Asian History) (in English)"

First published in French in Philadelphia in 1797 and translated into English for the London edition of 1798 reissued here, this travelogue by André Everard van Braam Houckgeest (1739-1801) was received with enthusiasm by readers hungry for exotic accounts of distant lands. It vividly describes a visit to the Chinese imperial court by a delegation from the Dutch East India Company soon after the British Macartney embassy, and delivers a rare glimpse of an unfamiliar landscape and culture. Fascinated by his experiences, van Braam records that he thought it 'far better to lose a few hours rest, than to let a single remarkable object escape me'. Volume 2 includes one of the last known Western descriptions of the spectacular Summer Palace, destroyed in 1860, and a detailed list of several hundred Chinese paintings and drawings that van Braam brought back and intended to donate to the French nation.

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