China - Description and travel - Early works to 1800
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Voyage de l'ambassade de la Compagnie des Indes orientales hollandaises, vers l'empereur de la Chine, dans les ann�ees 1794 & 1795 o�u se trouve la description de plusieurs parties de la Chine inconnues aux Europ�eens, & que cette ambassade �a donn�e l'occasion de traverser: l tout tir�e du journal d'Andr�e Everard van Braam Houckgeest, chef de la direction de la Compagnie des Indes orientales hollandaises �a la Chine, & second dans cette ambassade; ancien directeur de la Soci�et�e des sciences & arts de Harlam en Hollande; de la Soci�et�e philosophique de Philadelphie, &c. &c Et orn�e de cartes & de gravures. Publi�e en fran�cais par M.L.E. Moreau de Saint-M�ery. Tome premier[-second].
Van Braam Houckgeest, Andr�e Everard van, 1739-1801.Date: 1797[-1798]- E-books
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A compleat history of the empire of China: being the observations of above ten years travels through that country: containing memoirs and remarks Geographical, Historical, Topographical, Physical, Natural, Astronomical, Mechanical, Military, Mercantile, Political, And Ecclesiastical. Particularly upon Their Pottery and varnishing Silk and other Manufactures, Pearl-Fishing, the History of Plants and Animals, with a Description of their Cities and Publick Works, Number of People, Manners, Language, and Customs, Coin and Commerce, their Habits, Oeconomy, and Government, the Philosophy of the Famous Confucius. With an Account of the Conquest of China by the Tartars, and many other curious Particulars. Written by the learned Lewis Le Comte, Confessor to the Dutchess of Burgundy, and one of the French King's Mathematicians, who was a Missioner in China near twenty Years. A new translation from the best Paris edition, and adorn'd with copper-plates
Le Comte, Louis, 1655-1728.Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- E-books
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An abridged account of the embassy to the Emperor of China, undertaken by order of the King of Great Britain Including The Manners And Customs Of The Inhabitants; And Preceded BY AN Account Of The Causes Of The Embassy And Voyage To China. Taken principally from the Papers Of Earl Macartney, AS Compiled by Sir George Staunton, Bart. Secretary of Embassy to the Emperor of China, and Minister Plenipetentiary in the Absence of the Embassador.
Staunton, George, Sir, 1737-1801.Date: [1797]- E-books
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The present state of Russia In two volumes. Being an account of the government of that country, both civil and ecclesiastical; of the Czar's forces by sea and land, the Regulation of his Finances, the several Methods he made use of to civilize his People and improve the Country, his Transactions with several Eastern Princes, and what happened most remarkable at his Court, particularly in relation to the late Czarewitz, from the Year 1714, to 1720. The whole being the journal of a foreign minister who resided in Russia at that time. With A description of Petersbourg and Cronslot, and Several other Pieces relating to the Affairs of Russia. Translated from the High-Dutch. To which is added A general Map of the Czar's Dominions, according to the latest Observations.
Friedrich Christian WeberDate: MDCCXXIII. 1722- [1723]- E-books
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Ancient accounts of India and China , by two Mohammedan travellers. Who went to those parts in the 9th century; translated from the Arabic, by the late learned Eusebius Renaudot. With notes, illustrations and inquiries by the same hand.
Sulaym�an al-T�ajir, 9th cent.Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]