British Travel Writing from China, 1798-1901, Volume 1

In 1793, Lord Macartney led the first British diplomatic mission to China in over one hundred years

Volume 1: Early Encounters, 1798-1824 General Introduction S Holmes, The Journal of Mr Samuel Holmes (1798); G Wilkinson, Sketches of Chinese Customs & Manners (1814); G T Staunton, Notes of Proceedings and Occurrences during the British Embassy to Peking in 1816 (1824)