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Ideas of Chinese gardens Western accounts, 1300-1860 /

Ideas of Chinese gardens Western accounts, 1300-1860 /

Imprint 2016

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An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary. Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion by His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home; being the islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, and St. Jago; the port of Rio de Janeiro in South America; the islands of St. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha, and Amsterdam; the coasts of Java, and Sumatra; the Nanka Isles, Pulo Condore, and Cochin China. Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney ... Sir Erasmus Gower ... and other gentlemen in the several departments of the embassy. /

An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary. Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion by His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home; being the islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, and St. Jago; the port of Rio de Janeiro in South America; the islands of St. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha, and Amsterdam; the coasts of Java, and Sumatra; the Nanka Isles, Pulo Condore, and Cochin China. Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney ... Sir Erasmus Gower ... and other gentlemen in the several departments of the embassy. /

by Staunton, George, Sir, 1737-1801.
Imprint 1798

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The road to Cathay /

The road to Cathay /

by Sherwood, Merriam, 1892-1961.
Imprint 1928

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Voyager from Xanadu : Rabban Sauma and the first journey from China to the West /

Voyager from Xanadu : Rabban Sauma and the first journey from China to the West /

by Rossabi, Morris.
Imprint 1992

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The quest for Cathay /

The quest for Cathay /

by Sykes, Percy, Sir, 1867-1945.
Imprint 1936

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My mother's journal; a young lady's diary of five years spent in Manila, Macao, and the Cape of Good Hope from 1829-1834. /

My mother's journal; a young lady's diary of five years spent in Manila, Macao, and the Cape of Good Hope from 1829-1834. /

by Hillard, Harriet Low, 1809-1877.
Imprint 1900

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Did Marco Polo go to China? /

Did Marco Polo go to China? /

by Wood, Frances, 1948-
Imprint 1996

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Vanished kingdoms : a woman explorer in Tibet, China & Mongolia 1921-1925 /

Vanished kingdoms : a woman explorer in Tibet, China & Mongolia 1921-1925 /

by Cabot, Mabel H.
Imprint 2003

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The / History of Trauayle / in the / VVest and East Indies : and other / countreys lying eyther way, / towardes the fruitfull and ryche / Moluccaes. / As / Moscouia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Ægypte, / Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, / and Giapan: VVith a discourse of / the Northwest pas / sage. / In the hande of our Lorde be all the corners of / the earth. / Psal. 94. /

The / History of Trauayle / in the / VVest and East Indies : and other / countreys lying eyther way, / towardes the fruitfull and ryche / Moluccaes. / As / Moscouia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Ægypte, / Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, / and Giapan: VVith a discourse of / the Northwest pas / sage. / In the hande of our Lorde be all the corners of / the earth. / Psal. 94. /

by Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576.
Imprint 1577

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The Decades of the newe worlde or west India : Conteynyng the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes, with the particular description of the moste ryche and large landes and Ilandes lately founde in the west Ocean, perteynyng to the inheritaunce of the kinges of Spayne. In the which the diligent reader may not only consyder what commoditie may hereby chaunce to the hole christian world in tyme to come, but also learne many secreates touchynge the lande, the sea, and the starres, very necessarie to be knowē to al such as shal attempte any nauigations, or otherwise haue delite to beholde the strange and woonderful woorkes of God and nature. /

The Decades of the newe worlde or west India : Conteynyng the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes, with the particular description of the moste ryche and large landes and Ilandes lately founde in the west Ocean, perteynyng to the inheritaunce of the kinges of Spayne. In the which the diligent reader may not only consyder what commoditie may hereby chaunce to the hole christian world in tyme to come, but also learne many secreates touchynge the lande, the sea, and the starres, very necessarie to be knowē to al such as shal attempte any nauigations, or otherwise haue delite to beholde the strange and woonderful woorkes of God and nature. /

by Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576.
Imprint 1555

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East sails West : the voyage of the Keying, 1846-1855 /

East sails West : the voyage of the Keying, 1846-1855 /

by Davies, Stephen N. G.
Imprint 2014

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Voyager from Xanadu : Rabban Sauma and the first journey from China to the West /

Voyager from Xanadu : Rabban Sauma and the first journey from China to the West /

by Rossabi, Morris
Imprint 2010

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Ideas of Chinese gardens : Western accounts, 1300-1860 /

Ideas of Chinese gardens : Western accounts, 1300-1860 /

Imprint 2016

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