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

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

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Main Author: Waln, Robert, 1794-1825
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Printed and published for the author, by J. Maxwell, 1823.
Subjects:
China > Description and travel.
Item Description: "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"--t.p.
Preliminary edition of full work published in the same year?--cf.
Physical Description: viii, 9-133 p. ; 30 cm.

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