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The Journal of MR Samuel Holmes, Serjeant-Major of the Xith Light Dragoons, During His Attendance, as One of the Guard on Lord Macartney's Embassy to

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  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 13.7 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm

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For history enthusiasts and scholars of the era

Captures unique insights into early 19th-century China

You will gain a rare view of cross-cultural encounters

This historical journal provides a soldier's perspective on Lord Macartney's 1792-1793 embassy to China.

This journal, kept by a soldier in the Light Dragoons of the voyage to 'China and Tartary' in the years 1792-1793, was published in 1798. Holmes kept his diary during the attempt by Lord Macartney to establish an embassy in China. Macartney returned to Britain unsuccessful, heightening western curiosity about this secluded and mysterious nation, and so this account by a soldier assigned to Lord Macartney's guard remains an important historical source on Europeans in China during this period. While, as the editor's preface admits, the text is not of great literary significance ('written by a worthy, sensible, but unlearned man'), its authenticity and soldier's-eye perspective make it a valuable document for historians today. The journal starts with H. M. S. Lion setting sail from Portsmouth, and ends with its return to British shores; the author notes diverse cultural features of the countries visited, and gives geographical references.

  • Title

    The Journal of MR Samuel Holmes, Serjeant-Major of the Xith Light Dragoons, During His Attendance, as One of the Guard on Lord Macartney's Embassy to

  • Author

    Samuel J. Holmes

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2010

  • Weight

    352g

  • Dimensions

    13.7 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9781108013789

  • ISBN-10

    1108013783

  • Eden Code

    5029460