Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China : comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton ; interspersed with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation ; the whole illustrated by maps and drawings / by Henry Ellis, third commissioner of the embassy.

Author/creator Ellis, Henry author.
Format Book
PublicationLondon : Printed for John Murray, 1817.
ManufactureLondon : T. Davison
Descriptionvii, 526 pages, 11 leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (some color), 3 maps, portrait (frontispiece) ; 28 cm
Supplemental ContentGoogle Books copy
Supplemental ContentHathi Trust copy
Subjects

Other author/creatorMurray, John, 1778-1843, publisher. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkxGqvWvMXWjwcW9J9xDq
Other author/creatorDavison, Thomas, 1765?-1830, printer. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmP8G4HvrxJGBd3jp6R8C
Other author/creatorClark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863, engraver. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt8h6jbxMHPMVDMt8xYyd
Other author/creatorColchester, Charles Abbot, Baron, 1798-1867, illustrator. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmxYMf6CfPJxKw6rbymVC
Other author/creatorNeele, Samuel John, 1758-1824, cartographer, engraver. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrWykhfpCPC6qrTWQQXh3
Other author/creatorJohn Murray (Firm), publisher. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7JmrrvyC9q9TyGfQwM6hR
Other author/creatorNeele & Son, cartographer, engraver. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7JmqqxppygBx8rDxHVGB6
Running title Journal of an embassy to China
Variant title Binder's spine title: Embassy to China
Local noteJoyner Library copy imperfect: lacking final two pages of index (525-526).
General noteFrontispiece is an unsigned portrait of Lord Amherst, Ambassador Extraordinary to the Emperor of China.
General notePlates engraved by J. Clark after Charles Abbot (1 after M. Brownrigg). Maps engraved by Neele & Son or S.J. Neele.
General noteIncludes index.
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Jack and Mary Spain
References University of California, San Diego. Hill collection of Pacific voyages (2nd ed.), 542
Other formsAlso available on the Internet from the Google Books and HathiTrust websites.
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy gift of Jack and Mary Spain, 6/19/2024
LCCN 17003541

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