An Accurate Account of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China
An Accurate Account of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China

Author: Aeneas Anderson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-14

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9780265289297

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Excerpt from An Accurate Account of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China: Carefully Abridged From the Original Work; With Alterations and Corrections Who was fortunate enough to be an attendant on the embaiiy, and of courfe an eye witnefs to mofi of the occurrences here related, had, at one time, formed an idea of giving to the Public a narrative of the various Oh jeets which naturally met his obferva tion, from his'own manufeript, in or der that every clafs of readers might, at a {mall expence, partake of the advani. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An Accurate Account of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China; Carefully Abridged from the Original Work; With Alterations and Corrections, by the Editor,
An Accurate Account of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China; Carefully Abridged from the Original Work; With Alterations and Corrections, by the Editor,

Author: AENEAS. ANDERSON

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-22

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781385235829

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ 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: ++++ John Rylands University Library of Manchester T165089 An abridgment of Aeneas Anderson's 'Narrative of the British embassy to China'. London: printed for Vernor and Hood, 1797. xii,144p., plates; 12°

Captain Elliot and the Founding of Hong Kong
Captain Elliot and the Founding of Hong Kong

Author: Jon Bursey

Publisher: Grub Street Publishers

Published: 2018-03-30

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1526722577

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An in-depth look at the life of Captain Charles Elliot—from his Royal Navy career to his controversial role in establishing Hong Kong as a British colony. On January 26, 1841, the British took possession of the island of Hong Kong. The Convention of Chuenpi was immediately repudiated by both the British and Chinese governments and their respective negotiators recalled. For the British this was Capt. Charles Elliot, whose actions in China became mired in controversy for years to come. Who was Captain Elliot, and how did he find himself at the center of this debate? This book traces Elliot’s career from his early life through his years in the Royal Navy before focusing on his role in the First Anglo-Chinese War and the founding of what became the Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Elliot has been demonized by China and for the most part poorly regarded by historians. This book shows him to have been a man ahead of his time whose views on slavery, armed conflict, the role of women and racial equality often placed him at variance with contemporary attitudes. Twenty years after the return of Hong Kong to China, his legacy is still with us.