The Macartney Embassy (Chinese: 馬加爾尼使團), also called the Macartney Mission, was the first British diplomatic mission to China, which took place in 1793. It is named for its leader, George Macartney, Great Britain's first envoy to China. The goals of the mission included the opening of new ports for British trade in China, the establishment of a permanent embassy in Beijing, the cession of a small island for British use along China's coast, and the relaxation of trade restrictions on British merchants in Guangzhou (Canton). Macartney's delegation met with the Qianlong Emperor, who rejected all of the British requests. Although the mission failed to achieve its official objectives, it was later noted for the extensive cultural, political, and geographical observations its participants recorded in China and brought back to Europe. It came to light in 1796 that a court official Heshen was stealing state funds and frustrated the mission.
The MacartneyEmbassy (Chinese: 馬加爾尼使團), also called the Macartney Mission, was the first British diplomatic mission to China, which took place in 1793...
British Forces Overseas Hong Kong Mao Zedong's cult of personality MacartneyEmbassy Liu Yong Heshen Chenhan (宸翰, Chénhàn) seal used for calligraphy and...
part of Chinese Tartary (1797) is the official report on the British MacartneyEmbassy to Qing China that took place between 1792 and 1794. It was written...
203.suppl_4 (2009): 212–234. Pritchard, Earl H. "The kotow in the Macartneyembassy to China in 1793." Journal of Asian Studies 2.2 (1943): 163–203. online...
to Canton (as Guangzhou was then known) in the south. The British MacartneyEmbassy of 1793 failed to convince the Qianlong Emperor to open northern Chinese...
the Qing dynasty. In 1793, Heshen was responsible for hosting the MacartneyEmbassy to the imperial court. After the Qianlong Emperor abdicated in February...
nickel content at 31.6%. Guesswork ended when James Dinwiddie of the MacartneyEmbassy brought back in 1793, at considerable personal risk (smuggling of...
Hevia (1995). Cherishing Men from Afar: Qing Guest Ritual and the MacartneyEmbassy of 1793. Duke University Press. pp. 45–. ISBN 0-8223-1637-4. C.R....
unreserved admiration and condemnation of it as a "monument to fear". The MacartneyEmbassy of 1793 passed through the Great Wall at Gubeikou on the way to see...
Baronet noted on his visit to the Qing summer palace as part of the MacartneyEmbassy in 1793 that there were two kinds of Chinese eunuchs. Some only had...
Gillan joined the 1793 MacartneyEmbassy to China as a physician. The embassy was led by George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney. He was admitted a Licentiate...
a 64-gun third rate launched in 1777, best known for ferrying the MacartneyEmbassy to China. She was used as a sheer hulk from 1816 and was sold for...
mind and heart are tranquil. Lord Macartney, who visited the Qianlong Emperor at Rehe in 1793 during the MacartneyEmbassy, gave the following account of...
family as George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, the 18th century British ambassador to China (see MacartneyEmbassy).: 2 Macartney was born near Castle...
Viceroy of Zhili in 1790. On 6 August 1793, he met Macartney and Staunton of the British MacartneyEmbassy during the British diplomatic mission in China...
in 1992. The book gives a sweeping narrative of the British Embassy of Sir George Macartney to the Qianlong Emperor of China in 1793. The book was translated...
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National Convention. June – The MacartneyEmbassy, a British diplomatic mission to China led by George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, reaches Canton, but will...
Governors 5 May 1797 to 20 November 1798 George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney Known for the 1793 MacartneyEmbassy to China 20 November 1798 to 9 December 1799...
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