LEADER 03851cam 2200457 a 4500001 aas03011720 005 20141212042007.0 007 cr mn mmmmabba 008 830304s1799 pauf o 000 0 eng d 035 (Sirsi) a3200338 040 MWA |cMWA |ebdrb |dUtOrBLW 049 EREE 100 1 Staunton, George, |cSir, |d1737-1801. |=^A479319 245 13 An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China : |bincluding cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire and a small part of Chinese Tartary. : Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion by His Majesty's Ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home; being the islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, and St. Jago; [t]he port of Rio de Janeiro in South America; the islands of St. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha, and Amsterdam; the coast of Java, and Sumatra, the Nanka Isles, Pulo-Condore, and Cochin-China. : Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, Knight of the Bath, His Majesty's embassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China; Sir Erasmus Gower, commander of the expedition, and of other gentlemen in the several departments of the embassy. / |cBy Sir George Staunton, Baronet. Honorary Doctor of Laws of the University of Oxford, fellow of the Royal Society of London, His Majesty's secretary of embassy to the Emperor of China, and minister plenipotentiary in the absence of the embassador. ; In two volumes. ; Vol. I[-II]. 260 Philadelphia : |bPrinted for Robert Campbell, by John Bioren, |c1799. 300 xxiii, 1 unnumbered page, 297 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 267 pages, 1 unnumbered page, xxiv pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf, 8 leaves of plates : |billustrations ; |c22 cm (8vo) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 500 "Although the two volumes have independent signatures series they were issued bound in one."--Evans. 500 Errors in paging: v. 1, p. xiii-xvi misnumbered xii-xv; v. 2, p. 231, 252 misnumbered 131, 151. 500 The plates, engraved by Joseph Seymour, are irregularly numbered. Cf. "Directions to the binder," v. 1, p. [xxiv]. 510 4 Evans |c36363 530 Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. 533 Electronic text and image data. |b[Chester, Vt. : |cReadex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., |d2002-2004. |eIncludes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. |f(Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36363). 650 0 Voyages and travels. |=^A24895 651 0 China |xDescription and travel. |=^A17906 651 0 China |xForeign relations |zGreat Britain. |=^A32884 651 0 Great Britain |xForeign relations |zChina. |=^A32885 700 1 Gower, Erasmus, |cSir, |d1742-1814. |=^A479320 700 1 Macartney, George Macartney, |cEarl, |d1737-1806. |=^A300631 700 1 Seymour, Joseph H., |eengraver. |=^A479247 752 United States |bPennsylvania |dPhiladelphia. 830 0 Early American imprints. |nFirst series ; |vno. 36363. |=^A478749 856 41 |uhttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://opac.newsbank.com/select/evans/36363 |yEvans Digital Edition 949 Click on web address |wasis |hjoyner146 |ojjlm 949 Click on web address |wasis |hhsl106 |ojjlm 596 1 998 3200338 998 3200338