| A Journal of the First French Embassy to China, 1698-1700 Contributor(s): Froger, François (Author), Bannister, Saxe (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1139178547 ISBN-13: 9781139178549 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China |
| Dewey: 951 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian His |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It was not until the early twentieth century that the previously unpublished source of this 1859 work was identified as being itself a reworking of Fran ois Froger's Relation du premier voyage, fait en 1698, 1699 et 1700, a journal of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. |