The Journal of Mr Samuel Holmes, Serjeant-Major of the XIth Light Dragoons, During his Attendance, as One of the Guard on Lord Macartney's Embassy to China and Tartary

by Samuel Holmes

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

ISBN-10 1108013783

ISBN-13 9781108013789

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 10th, 2010

Print length 272 Pages

Weight 350 grams

Dimensions 21.60 x 14.00 x 1.60 cms

Product Classification: Asian history

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This journal by a soldier in the Light Dragoons gives an account of Lord Macartney's failed attempt to set up an embassy in China 1792–1793. The soldier's-eye perspective of eighteenth-century China make this document a valuable historical source on British and Chinese history during this period.

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