A Journal of the First French Embassy to China, 1698-1700 (Primary Sources, Historical Collections) - Softcover

Bannister, Saxe

 
9781241095697: A Journal of the First French Embassy to China, 1698-1700 (Primary Sources, Historical Collections)

Synopsis

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, the book was made in an effort to preserve the work of previous generations.

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This 1859 translation of a reworked journal of the first French ambassadorial party to China seeks to use the precedents found in primary evidence to positively inform contemporary attitudes to the Chinese during the Opium Wars. The lucid and engaging translation makes this an accessible source on nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations.

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