| A Journal of the First French Embassy to China, 1698-1700. Translated from an Unpublished Manuscript by Saxe Bannister ... with an Essay on the Friend Contributor(s): Anonymous (Author), Bannister, Saxe (Author) |
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ISBN: 1241155690 ISBN-13: 9781241155698 Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions OUR PRICE: $32.18 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (1.66 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
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| Publisher Description: Title: A Journal of the First French Embassy to China, 1698-1700. Translated from an unpublished manuscript by Saxe Bannister ... With an essay on the friendly disposition of the Chinese government and people to foreigners.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF ASIA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This series includes ethnographic and general histories of distinct peripheral coastal regions that comprise South and East Asia. Other works focus on cultural history, archaeology, and linguistics. These books help readers understand the forces that shaped the ancient civilisations and influenced the modern countries of Asia. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Anonymous; Bannister, Saxe; 1859. cliv. 254 p.; 12 . 10057.c.26. |