There’s more to discover in Emile de Bruijn’s chapter from the new book ‘Placing China at the Courts of Europe 1700–1800’ www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
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Placing China at the Courts of Europe, 1700–1800
China, the country at the far end of Asia, occupied the European imagination throughout the 18th century, although only adventurous traders and intrepid missionaries had actually seen it for themselve...