An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, Vol. 2 of 3: Including Cursory Observations Made, and Information Obtained, in Traveling Through That Ancient Empire, and a Small Part of Chinese Tartary
Excerpt from An Authentic Account of an Embassy From the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, Vol. 2 of 3: Including Cursory Observations Made, and Information Obtained, in Traveling Through That Ancient Empire, and a Small Part of Chinese Tartary Extent of the Chinese coast. -; Boundare'es of the Yellow sea.-conduct of Chinese pilots. - Low state of naviga tion among the Chinese - causes thereof. - Chinese compass described - its advantages. - Opinions of the Chinese re garding magnetic attraction. - Refections ...
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Excerpt from An Authentic Account of an Embassy From the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, Vol. 2 of 3: Including Cursory Observations Made, and Information Obtained, in Traveling Through That Ancient Empire, and a Small Part of Chinese Tartary Extent of the Chinese coast. -; Boundare'es of the Yellow sea.-conduct of Chinese pilots. - Low state of naviga tion among the Chinese - causes thereof. - Chinese compass described - its advantages. - Opinions of the Chinese re garding magnetic attraction. - Refections of Caung-shee, Emperorof China. - Progress of the squadron through the Yellow sea - meets the Endeavour hrig.f-11cc'ount of Mr. M' Gluer's stay at one of the Pelew islands - disposition of the people there - of those of New Gainea. - Continuance of the squadron's navigation.-conjectures on the forma tion of a large island near the east coast of China. - Seve ral islands discovered through the Yellow sea.-peninsula of Shang-tung - ehays upon its northern shore.-city and road of Ten-choo ao. - Instance of Chinese manners. Proclamation of the Embassador - its Web - Strait of Mi-a-tau - extraordinary direction of the tides - causes thereof. - Captain Campbell's report of the hay of Adi-a tom - Squadron enters the gulf of pekin.-.drrives outside the bar before the river Pei-hm - j'achall dispatched in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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