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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 202

Opium Wars
Books and Literature
An Authentic Account of Embassy to China; C. Nichol, 1798; the set of three volumes. Board covers and some wear to the edge and damaged spines; the contents are in good order. Each volume contains a map

1. from Zhe-Hol in Tartary by land to Pekin and from hence by water to Hang-Tchoo-Foo in China

2. From Hang-Tchoo-Foo to Quang-Tchoo-Fou or Canton in China

3. A general Chart of Mercator's projection to shew the track of the ship 'Lion' and 'Hindostan' from England to the Gulph of Pekin in China and their return to England


This rare set is about a voyage undertaken by an Embassy from Great Britain to the Emperor of China over the period of 1790s. The narrative include the eye-witnessed description of the passage to the Ladrone Islands near Macao, and thence to Chusan, navigation through the Yellow Sea, the Ambassador's entrance into the river leading to Tientsin, progress of the Embassy along the Peiho toward the capital of China, and thence the departure of the ships from the Gulf of Pechilee and also the journey to the Northern frontier of China (the Great Wall)


1798年派往清廷大使C. 尼科爾 (C. Nichol) 的日誌一套三册, 書皮有破損; 每册部包含一幅地圖. 1. 韃靼熱河經陸路至北京, 再經水路至中國杭州府; 2. 從杭州府至廣州府; 3. 通用墨卡托投影圖顯示“獅子” 號和“印度斯坦號” 從英國到中國北京灣再返回英國的航行路線. 這套罕見的日誌講述了 1790 年代英國大使前往中國謹見清帝的旅程. 敘述包括目擊者的描述: 前往澳門附近的零汀群島, 然後到舟山, 再航行穿過黃海, 大使進入通向天子所居的河流, 大使沿著白河進發到京師. 然後船再出發前往中國北部邊境長城一帶.

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