The Earl George Macartney Collection (via Gale Scholar Accelerate Program)

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This is a collection of a records related to Earl George Macartney’s historic mission to China during 1792–1794. This collection consists of letters, journals, logbooks, watercolors, engravings, and books (illustrated accounts of the expedition/mission) produced by Macartney himself and those who accompanied him on the mission in various capacities such as secretaries, commanders/captains, officers, comptroller, artists, guards, and servants. While records related to this mission are dispersed in many different libraries/archives across the world, the Cornell East Asian Library contains the largest accumulation of material associated with the mission.


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