Author: Stevenson, J. L. (John Lynn)

Journey from St. Petersburg to Pekin, 1719-22
Date1965
Publish_locationEdinburgh
PublisherEdinburgh University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library [Min]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberDS7.B42 1965
Descriptionx, 248 p. [28] plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Note

A journey from St. Petersburg to Pekin, 1719-22 / by John Bell of Antermony ; edited with an introduction by J.L. Stevenson.
Maps on endpapers. Includes index and list of "The Subscribers to the 1763 Edition".
Reprinted from Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to diverse parts of Asia. Glasgow, R. & A. Foulis, 1763.
Includes appendix: Izmailov's Embassy-A Jesuit account (chapters XIX and XX from Memoirs of Father Ripa), pp.214-223.
***Graphic resource: Kangxi portrait, Central Asian landscapes, city scenes, Mongolian portraits, etc.

SubjectChina--Description and travel--Qing dynasty, 1644-1911--Sources China--Description and travel--17th-18th centuries China--Foreign relations--Russia--17th-18th centuries--Sources Asia, Central--Description and travel--18th century Izmailov Embassy, 1720-1721 Travelers, Scottish--China--18th century Russia--Description and travel--18th century--Sources