Visitors from Afar

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The Ming give the Portuguese a trading post
Macao (1557)
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The English East India Company

• Begins trading in Canton, 1689
• Terms and culture of trade at Canton
• The Flint Mission (1759)
• The Canton Trade

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Lord George Macartney
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THE QIANLONG EMPEROR (1711-1799, r. 1735-1796)
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Title Barges of Lord Macartney's Embassy to
China ArtistWilliam Alexander
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TitleThe Approach of the Emperor of China to his
tent in Tartary to receive the British
Ambassador ArtistWilliam Alexander
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Ko'ssau Tapestry A Chinese Interpretation of the
Macartney Mission to China of 1793 Artist
ChineseDate c. 1793
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The Emperor's poem in the corner reads 'Formerly
Portugal presented tribute Now England is paying
homage. They have out-travelled Shu-hai and
Heng-chang My Ancestors' merit and virtue must
have reached their distant shores. Though their
tribute is commonplace, my heart approves
sincerely. Curios and the boasted ingenuity of
their devices I prize not. Though what they bring
is meagre, yet, In my kindness to men from afar I
make generous return, Wanting to preserve my
prestige and power'.
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Qianlongs Response
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Qianlongs Response
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Qianlongs Response
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Qianlongs Response
I have consequently commanded my Ministers of the
mission. But I have doubts that, after your
Envoys return he may fail to acquaint you with
my view in detail or that he may be lacking in
lucidity, so that I shall now proceed to take
your requests seriatim and to issue my mandate on
each question separately. In this way you will, I
trust, comprehend my meaning.
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Lin Zexu
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... Nemesis and ... Calliope and Starling
Destroying the Chinese War Junks in Anson's Bay
Artist G. W. Terry (artist), George Great Back
(engraver)
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