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An embassy from the East-India Company
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An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces is a book written by Dutch author and explorer Johan Nieuhof. The book served as a major influence in the rise of chinoiserie in the early eighteenth century.[1]
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Author | Johan Nieuhof |
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Original title | Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China |
Translator | John Ogilby |
Illustrator | Johan Nieuhof |
Language | Dutch |
Subject | China |
Genre | Travel literature |
Published | 1665 (original in Dutch) 1669 (English translation) |
Publication place | Netherlands |
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