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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 (Paperback)
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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 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History, Volume 2
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First published in French in Philadelphia in 1797 and translated
into English for the London edition of 1798 reissued here, this
travelogue by Andre Everard van Braam Houckgeest (1739-1801) was
received with enthusiasm by readers hungry for exotic accounts of
distant lands. It vividly describes a visit to the Chinese imperial
court by a delegation from the Dutch East India Company soon after
the British Macartney embassy, and delivers a rare glimpse of an
unfamiliar landscape and culture. Fascinated by his experiences,
van Braam records that he thought it 'far better to lose a few
hours rest, than to let a single remarkable object escape me'.
Volume 2 includes one of the last known Western descriptions of the
spectacular Summer Palace, destroyed in 1860, and a detailed list
of several hundred Chinese paintings and drawings that van Braam
brought back and intended to donate to the French nation.
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