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 - Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History - Andre Everard van Braam Houckgeest - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9781108029063 - June 9, 2011
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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 - Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History

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First published in French in 1797 and in this English translation in 1798, van Braam Houckgeest's 'faithful description' of a recent Dutch embassy to Beijing was received with enthusiasm by British readers. Volume 2 includes one of the last Western descriptions of the spectacular Summer Palace, destroyed in 1860.


332 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 9, 2011
ISBN13 9781108029063
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 332
Dimensions 141 × 215 × 23 mm   ·   440 g
Language English  

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