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A description of the empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, : together with the kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet: containing the geography and history (natural as well as civil) of those countries. Enrich'd with general and particular maps , and adorned with a great number of cuts

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Publication date: MDCCXXXVIII[-MDCCXLI]. [1738-1741].
Call number: 499099
Creator: Du Halde, J.-B (1674-1743)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 40 cm (folio)
Associated people: Bowen, Emanuel, (1693 or 1694-1767.); Gardner, Thomas, (active 1735-1756,); Cave, Edward, (1691-1754,); Lasell, Eldridge L.,
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