MAP OF THE ROUTE TAKEN BY THE...
MAP OF THE ROUTE TAKEN BY THE BRITISH EMBASSY ON ITS JOURNEY FROM HANG-TCHOO-FOO, OR QUANG-TCHOO-FOO, OR CANTON, IN CHINA
Map of the route taken by the British embassy from Hangzhou to Canton, China.
Author/Cartographer: Compiled based on drawings and measurements by Sir John Barrow (secretary of the mission) and Sir George Staunton.
Publisher: F. Buisson. ca. 1800
This work is an official cartographic document recording Lord George Macartney’s landmark diplomatic mission to China (1792–1794). It was the first official British attempt to establish permanent trade and diplomatic relations with the court of Emperor Qianlong.
The map details the delegation’s return route, which followed inland waterways (the Grand Canal) and overland routes from Hangzhou (Hang-Tchoo-Foo) southward to Canton (Quang-Tchoo-Foo / Canton), which was at that time the only port open to European trade.
Fold marks; Very good condition; size: 45 x 63 [cm]
MAP OF THE ROUTE TAKEN BY THE BRITISH EMBASSY ON ITS JOURNEY FROM HANG-TCHOO-FOO, OR QUANG-TCHOO-FOO, OR CANTON, IN CHINA
Map of the route taken by the British embassy from Hangzhou to Canton, China.
Author/Cartographer: Compiled based on drawings and measurements by Sir John Barrow (secretary of the mission) and Sir George Staunton.
Publisher: F. Buisson. ca. 1800
This work is an official cartographic document recording Lord George Macartney’s landmark diplomatic mission to China (1792–1794). It was the first official British attempt to establish permanent trade and diplomatic relations with the court of Emperor Qianlong.
The map details the delegation’s return route, which followed inland waterways (the Grand Canal) and overland routes from Hangzhou (Hang-Tchoo-Foo) southward to Canton (Quang-Tchoo-Foo / Canton), which was at that time the only port open to European trade.
Fold marks; Very good condition; size: 45 x 63 [cm]
