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A colored "sketch of the Pei-ho or White River, and of the road from Pekin...

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A colored "sketch of the Pei-ho or White River, and of the road from Pekin to Geho;" taken 1793, byh H.W. Parish, Royal Artillery, on a scale of 11 miles to an inch.

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A collection of eighty views, maps, portraits and drawings illustrative of the Embassy sent to China under George, Earl of Macartney, in 1793; drawn chiefly by William Alexander, some by Sir John Barrow, Bart, some by Sir Henry Woodbine Parish, and one by William Gomm. Many of them are engraved in Sir George Staunton's Narrative of the Embassy, published in 1797. Author: Parish, H.W / Illustrator: Parish, H.W 1793 Source/Shelfmark: Maps 8 TAB.c.8.69 Ms. 2 f. 3 in. x 1 f. 7 1/2 in.; 69 x 50 cm.; Scale 1: 696 960. 11 miles to an inch.

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