Art, science, and diplomacy : a study of the visual images of the Macartney Embassy to China, 1793 / Shanshan Chen.
This book examines how the Embassy members approached, selected, and represented information, and how, in doing so, they helped to shape European perceptions of China. The Macartney Embassy of 1793 was the first British diplomatic mission to China, seeking to open ties between the two empires. As pa...
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