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An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China is a book written by Dutch author and explorer Johan Nieuhof. The full title of 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[1]. The book served as a major influence in the rise of chinoiserie in the early eighteenth century.
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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 | English |
Subject | China |
Genre | Travel literature |
Published | 1669 |
Publication place | Netherlands |
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