Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China; : comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton : interspersed wih observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation : the whole illustrated by maps and drawings
Henry Ellis's 1817 account of the British embassy to the Qing court, published in London by John Murray, records the voyage to China, the journey from the Pei-Ho to Canton, and observations on Chinese society for a British readership. Its plates are hand-coloured aquatints and engravings of coastal views and shipping, with a folding map of the coast, showing pale washes, sharp hull outlines and layered shoreline cliffs and trees that a designer could use for historical maritime or Asian-themed imagery.
