An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China : delivered by their Excell[en]cies, Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking : wherein the cities ... ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described /
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| Format: | Microform Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early English books, 1641-1700 ;
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Gezantschap der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. Added engraved title page. "A narrative of the success of an embassage sent by John Maatzuyker de Badem, General of Batavia, unto the emperour of China & Tartary, the 20 of July 1655 ... written by a Jesuite in those parts" (18 pages) includes the epistle of Father John Adam. Pt. 1: many pages are stained, faded, or tightly bound in filmed copy. Beginning-page 89 photographed from Cambridge University Library copy and inserted at the end. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Microform. |
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| Physical Description: | 13 unnumbered pages, 327, that is, 307 pages, 18 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 106 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map, portraits |