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The embassy had departed Macau on June …
Years: 1793 - 1793
July
The embassy had departed Macau on June 23.
It stops in Zhoushan, where Staunton goes ashore to meet with the military governor of Dinghai.
The emperor had sent instructions to every port in China to provide pilots to guide the British visitors, and the governor has done so so.
However, Chinese officials had not anticipated that the British intended to sail the high seas rather than hopping from port to port in shallow waters along the coast, as is typical of Chinese vessels.
They express surprise at the size and speed of the British ships.
Anticipating that these vessels with their deep hulls will not be able to proceed upstream past Tianjin, they hire boats to carry the mission and its cargo to the capital.
It stops in Zhoushan, where Staunton goes ashore to meet with the military governor of Dinghai.
The emperor had sent instructions to every port in China to provide pilots to guide the British visitors, and the governor has done so so.
However, Chinese officials had not anticipated that the British intended to sail the high seas rather than hopping from port to port in shallow waters along the coast, as is typical of Chinese vessels.
They express surprise at the size and speed of the British ships.
Anticipating that these vessels with their deep hulls will not be able to proceed upstream past Tianjin, they hire boats to carry the mission and its cargo to the capital.
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People
- George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
- Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
- James Dinwiddie
- John Barrow, 1st Baronet
- Joseph Banks
- Qianlong Emperor
- Sir George Leonard Staunton
- Sir George Staunton, 2nd Baronet
- Thomas Hickey
- William Alexander
- William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
- William Pitt the Younger
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- Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies)
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Years: 1793 - 1793
July
Locations
People
- George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
- Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
- James Dinwiddie
- John Barrow, 1st Baronet
- Joseph Banks
- Qianlong Emperor
- Sir George Leonard Staunton
- Sir George Staunton, 2nd Baronet
- Thomas Hickey
- William Alexander
- William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
- William Pitt the Younger
Groups
- Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies)
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions