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It was not until the early twentieth century that the previously unpublished source of this 1859 work was identified as being itself a reworking of Franois Froger's Relation du premier voyage, fait en 1698, 1699 et 1700, a journal of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.
- Format: Pocket/Paperback
- ISBN: 9781108045537
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 418
- Utgivningsdatum: 2012-08-02
- Översättare: Saxe Bannister
- Förlag: Cambridge University Press