Lord Macartney arrives in Beijing in 1793 in an ultimately unsuccessful aim to open trade with China. George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, 1737 – 1806. British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
Lord Macartney arrives in Beijing in 1793 in an ultimately unsuccessful aim to open trade with China. George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, 1737 – 1806. British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.