| Summary |
Description: Detailed journals recorded during Lord Macartney's diplomatic mission to China in 1792-94, accompanied other by materials including a series of watercolours of various islands and coastlines, Chinese artwork, the names of the mission transliterated into Chinese script, and a letter accounting for the failure of the mission. The volume features vivid descriptions of China and the Dutch East Indies, and also includes later correspondence relating to the contents of the volume. |
| General note | AMDigital Reference: Add MS 35174. |
| Original version | Reproduction of: Journal of a voyage to Pekin in China, on board the 'Hindostan' EIM, which accompanied Lord Macartney on his embassy to the Emperor, kept by William Alexander, draughtsman to the embassy 21 Sep 1792 - 22 May 1910. |
| Location of original | British Library |
| Copyright note | British Library |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource (viewed on May 28, 2018). |
