An Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, to the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1974 and 1795

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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 1974 and 1795
 (1798)
by Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest
1542308An Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company,
to the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1974 and 1795
1798Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest

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;


(SUBSEQUENT TO THAT OF THE EARL OF MACARTNEY.)

CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF

SEVERAL PARTS OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE,

UNKNOWN TO

EUROPEANS;


TAKEN FROM THE JOURNAL OF


ANDRÉ EVERARD VAN BRAAM,


CHIEF OF THE DIRECTION OF THAT COMPANY, AND
SECOND IN THE EMBASSY.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL OF

M. L. E. MOREAU DE SAINT-MERY




With a correct Chart of the Route.




Vol. I.




LONDON:

PRINTED FOR R. PHILLIPS, NO. 71, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-
YARD, AND SOLD BY J. DEBRETT, PICCADILLY; LEE
AND HURST, PATERNOSTER-ROW; AND BY
ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS.


1798.