An embassy from the East-India Company
An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces is a book written by Dutch author and explorer Johan Nieuhof. The full title of the English version of the book is An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China: delivered by their excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities, towns, villages, ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; Englished and set forth with their several sculptures by John Ogilby. The book served as a major influence in the rise of chinoiserie in the early eighteenth century.
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An embassy from the East-India Company
An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces is a book written by Dutch author and explorer Johan Nieuhof. The full title of the English version of the book is An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China: delivered by their excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities, towns, villages, ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; Englished and set forth with their several sculptures by John Ogilby. The book served as a major influence in the rise of chinoiserie in the early eighteenth century.
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An embassy from the East-India ...... the early eighteenth century.
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Het gezantschap der Neêrlandts ...... plaatsnijder Jacob van Meurs.
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An embassy from the East-India ...... the early eighteenth century.
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Het gezantschap der Neêrlandts ...... plaatsnijder Jacob van Meurs.
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An embassy from the East-India Company
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Het Gezantschap Der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie
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An embassy from the East-India ...... Tartar Cham, emperor of China
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Het gezantschap der Neêrlandts ...... egenwoordigen keizer van China
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