The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China

by Tonio Andrade

From the acclaimed author of The Gunpowder Age, a book that casts new light on the history of China and the West at the turn of the nineteenth century

George Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role in the prevailing narrative of modern Sino-European relations. Summarily dismissed by the Qing court, Macartney failed in nearly all of his objectives, perhaps setting the stage for the Opium Wars of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691177112
• ISBN13: 9780691177113
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"