Volume 1

An authentic account of the embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, to the court of the Emperor of China, in the years 1794 and 1795 : (subsequent to that of the Earl of Macartney.) Containing a description of several parts of the Chinese empire, unknown to Europeans / taken from the journal of André Everard van Braam. Translated from the original of M.L.E. Moreau de Saint-Mery.

  • Van Braam Houckgeest, André Everard, 1739-1801.
Date:
1798
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An authentic account of the embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, to the court of the Emperor of China, in the years 1794 and 1795 : (subsequent to that of the Earl of Macartney.) Containing a description of several parts of the Chinese empire, unknown to Europeans / taken from the journal of André Everard van Braam. Translated from the original of M.L.E. Moreau de Saint-Mery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    o Permit me then to addrefs the homage of my veneration to the virtues which in your Excellency afford fo ftriking a refem- blance between Alia and America. I can- not fhew myfelf more worthy of the title of Citizen of the United States, which is be- come my adopted Country, than by pay- ing a juft tribute to the Chief, whole prin- ciples and fentiments are calculated to procure them a duration equal to that of the Chinefe Empire. I am, with refpedl. Sir, Your Excellency's Moft humble. And moft obedient Servant, A. E. Van-Braam Hovckgeest,