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It was not until the early twentieth century that the previously
unpublished source of this 1859 work was identified as being itself
a reworking of Fran ois Froger's Relation du premier voyage, fait
en 1698, 1699 et 1700, a journal of his experiences as a young
engineer while sailing with the first French ambassadorial party to
China. This translation by Saxe Bannister (1790 1877) supplements
the original official account with anecdotes and notes: the work is
therefore based on composite primary evidence. This does not
detract, however, from the worth of this book, in which Bannister
uses a lengthy introduction and appendices of further primary
evidence to apply what can be learned from earlier works to the
contemporary context of the Opium Wars, aiming to promote a more
peaceful and balanced attitude towards China. It is a useful
example of scholarly propaganda in the history of
nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations.
Title: A relation of a voyage made in the years 1695, 1696, 1697 on
the coasts of Africa, streights of Magellan, Brasil, Cayenna, and
the Antilles: by a squadron of French men of war, under the command
of M. de Gennes.Author: Francois FrogerPublisher: Gale, Sabin
Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01234600CollectionID:
CTRG94-B143PublicationDate: 16980101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Engraved frontispiece, with title: A iournal of a
late voyage of Mr. de Gennes to the straits of Magellan, by le Sr.
Froger. Running title: A relation of the voyage of M. de
Gennes.Collation: 173 p., 15] leaves of plates (2 folded): ill.,
maps; 20 cm
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