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Spink China: Spink Auktion - The Opium Wars Collection
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Start price: 8000.00
Opium Wars. Books and Literature. Staunton's China, vol. 1 with owner's signature dated 1797; leather covered boards. This book provides an authentic account of an Embassy from Great Britain to the Emperor of China during the 1790s. There are eight chapters including; . . The Portuguese and English to establish commercial intercourse with the Chinese at the areas of Macao and Canton.. . Passage to the Southern part of the Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean. View of the islands of Tristan D'Acunha in the former, and those of St. Paul and Amsterdam in the latter.. . Entrance to the Straits of Sundra - visit to Batavia and Bantam in the Island of Java - view of the Southern extremity of the Island of Sumatra. Passage through the Straits of Banka to Pulocondore.. . The journey to Cochin-China (Estimate 8000 - 10000)
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