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INTRODUCTION

                
Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672

An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China, Delivered by Their Excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at His Imperial City of Peking.

London: Printed by J. Macock for the author, 1669.

    
 
   
These works together comprise an account of the embassies made by the Dutch East India Company to the Chinese court with many incidental remarks on the manners and customs of the Chinese. The plates and illustrations show costume, natural history and numerous town views in China, Tibet, and Tartary. John Ogilby translated both works.  
                 
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