Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton

Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton

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Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton

Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton

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Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton

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Author: Barrow, John
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Language: English

Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton

The sentiments advanced in the present Work, and the point[xii] of view in which some of the facts are considered, being so very different from the almost universally received opinion, and some of them from the opinion of those to whose friendship the Author is particularly indebted for various literary communications, he thinks it right to declare, that they are the unbiassed conclusions of his own mind, founded altogether on his own observations; and he trusts that the Public, in considering him alone responsible, will receive them with its usual candour. Introduction.General View of what Travellers are likely to meet with in China.Mistaken Notions entertained with regard to the British Embassycorrected by the Reception and Treatment of the subsequent Dutch Embassy.Supposed Points of Failure in the former, as stated by a French Missionary from Pekin, refuted.Kien Long's Letter to the King of Holland.Difference of Treatment experienced by the two Embassies explained.Intrigues of Missionaries in foreign Countries.Pride and Self-Importance of the Chinese Court.List of European Embassies, and the Time of their Abode in Pekin.Conclusion of Preliminary Subject. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 28729
Author: Barrow, John
Release Date: May 8, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

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