Britain's Second Embassy to China: Lord Amherst's 'special Mission' to the Jiaqing Emperor in 1816 by Caroline Stevenson

Britain's Second Embassy to China: Lord Amherst's 'special Mission' to the Jiaqing Emperor in 1816

Caroline Stevenson

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Historians have blamed Amherst for this outcome, citing his over-reliance on the advice of his Second Commissioner, Sir George Thomas Staunton, not to kowtow before the emperor. Detailed analysis of British sources reveal that Amherst was well inf...

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