China :
comprehending a view of the origin, antiquity, history, religion, morals, government, laws, population, literature, drama, festivals, games, women, beggars, manners, customs, &c. of that empire, with remarks on the European embassies to China and the policy of sending a mission from the United States to the court of Pekin. To which is added, a commercial appendix, containing a synopsis of the trade of Portugal, Holland, England, France, Denmark, Ostend, Sweden, Prussia, Trieste, and Spain, in China and India; and a full description of the American trade to Canton, its rise, progress, and present state : with mercantile information, useful to the Chinese trader and general merchant /
by Robert Waln, Jr.

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Main Author

Waln, Robert, 1794-1825

Language(s)

English

Published

Philadelphia : Printed and published for the author, by J. Maxwell, 1823.

Subjects

China > China / Description and travel
China > China / Social life and customs
China > China / History
United States > United States / Commerce > United States / Commerce / China
History

Note

Plate is an engraved dedication inscription.

Physical Description

viii, 475 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates ; 27 cm

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