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A JOURNAL OF THE FIRST FRENCH EMBASSY TO CHINA, 1698-1700
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| By: |
Francois Froger, Saxe Bannister (Trans) |
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Electronic book text |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1139178547 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781139178549 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 May, 2013 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History |
| Description: |
This 1859 translated journal of the seventeenth-century first French embassy to China seeks to improve public attitudes towards the Chinese. |
| Synopsis: |
It was not until the early twentieth century that the previously unpublished source of this 1859 work was identified as being itself a reworking of Francois Froger's Relation du premier voyage, fait en 1698, 1699 et 1700, a journal of his experiences as a young engineer while sailing with the first French ambassadorial party to China. This translation by Saxe Bannister (1790-1877) supplements the original official account with anecdotes and notes: the work is therefore based on composite primary evidence. This does not detract, however, from the worth of this book, in which Bannister uses a lengthy introduction and appendices of further primary evidence to apply what can be learned from earlier works to the contemporary context of the Opium Wars, aiming to promote a more peaceful and balanced attitude towards China. It is a useful example of scholarly propaganda in the history of nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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