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Amherst, William Pitt

(Bath 1773-1857 Knole House bei Sevenoaks) : Diplomat, Generalgouverneur von Bengalen

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Amherst, William Pitt Earl
Lord Amherst

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History : China - Europe : England / Index of Names : Occident

Chronology Entries (2)

#	Year	Text	Linked Data
1	1816-1817	Zweite britische Gesandtschaft unter William Pitt Amherst zu Kaiser Renzong. Robert Morrison ist Dolmetscher bei seinen Verhandlungen mit der Regierung. John Francis Davis und Thomas Manning nehmen als Dolmetscher, Clarke Abel als Arzt daran teil. Basil Hall ist Kommandant und William Hutcheon Hall Offizier der 'Lyra'. William Havell begleitet ihn.	Document: Frèches, José. La sinologie. (Paris : Presses universitaires de France, 1975). (Que sais-je ? ; no 1610). (Frè, Publication) Document: Biographisch-bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon. Hrsg. von Friedrich-Wilhelm Bautz ; fortgeführt von Traugott Bautz. (Herzberg : BBKL, 1990-). http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/. (BBKL, Web) Document: Oxford dictionary of national biography : http://www.oxforddnb.com. (ODNB, Publication) Person: Abel, Clarke Person: Davis, John Francis Person: Hall, Basil Person: Hall, William Hutcheon Person: Havell, William Person: Manning, Thomas Person: Morrison, Robert Person: Renzong
2	1816	George Thomas Staunton wird Leiter der Fabrik der East India Company in Guangzhou (Guangdong) und begleitet William Pit Amherst zur Botschaft in Beijing.	Document: Oxford dictionary of national biography : http://www.oxforddnb.com. (ODNB, Publication) Person: Staunton, George Thomas

Secondary Literature (8)

#	Year	Bibliographical Data	Type / Abbreviation	Linked Data
1	1817	Ellis, Henry Sir. Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China : a correct narrative of the public transactions to 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 with observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners, of the Chinese nation. The whole illustrated by maps and drawings. By Henry Ellis, Third Commissioner of the Embassy. (London : Printed for John Murray, 1817). = Ellis, Henry Sir. Voyage en Chine : journal de la dernière ambassade anglaise à la cour de Pékin. (Paris : Delaunay, 1818). [Bericht über die Gesandtschaftsreise von William Pitt Amherst 1816-1817]. https://archive.org/stream/journalproceedi04elligoog#page/n7/mode/2up.	Publication / Elli1	Person: Ellis, Henry
2	1817	M'Leod, John [McLeod, John]. Narrative of a voyage, in His Majesty's late ship Alceste, to the Yellow sea, along the coast of Corea, and through its numerous hitherto undiscovered islands, to the island of Lew-chew ; with an account of her shipwreck in the straits of Gaspar. By John M'Leod, surgeon, of the Alceste. (London : John Murray, 1817). [Bericht über die Gesandtschaftsreise von William Pitt Amherst, über Guangzhou und die Ryukyu-Inseln]. = M'Leod, John [McLeod, John]. Voyage of His Majesty's ship Alceste, along the coast of Corea. (London : J. Murray, 1818). https://archive.org/details/voyageofhismajes00mcle/page/n6.	Publication / M'Le1	Cited by: Lust, John. Western books on China published up to 1850 in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. (London : Bamboo Publ., 1987). http://www.idcpublishers.com/pdf/Western-Books-on-China.pdf. (Lust, Published) Person: McLeod, John
3	1818	Brown, Robert. Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country in the years 1816 and 1817, containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's embassy to the court of Pekin, and observations, on the countries which it visited, by Clarke Abel. Illustrated by maps and other engravings. (London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818). Appendix : Characters and descriptions of three new species of plants found in China by Clarke Abel, selected from a small collection of specimens, the only part of his herbarium that escaped the wreck of the Alceste. [Bericht über die Gesandtschaft von William Pitt Amherst. Die botanische und mineralogische Sammlung von Clarke Abel gehen auf dem Weg nach England bei Schiffuntergang verloren, er hat nur noch eine kleine Sammlung von Pflanzen]. https://archive.org/details/narrativeajourn00abelgoog/page/n12.	Publication / Abel5	Cited by: http://www.brynmawr.edu/Library/SpecColl/Guides/travel/asia.html. (Bry, Web) Person: Abel, Clarke Person: Brown, Robert
4	1824	Staunton, George Thomas. Notes of the proceedings and occurrences, during the British embassy to Pekin, in 1816. ([S.l.] : Printed by Henry Skelton, 1824). [Bericht über die Gesandtschaftsreise von William Pitt Amherst]. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100895494.	Publication / Stau2	Cited by: Lust, John. Western books on China published up to 1850 in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. (London : Bamboo Publ., 1987). http://www.idcpublishers.com/pdf/Western-Books-on-China.pdf. (Lust, Published) Person: Staunton, George Thomas
5	1824	Amherst's Gesandschaftsreise nach und durch China. Macartney's Reise von Peking nach der Tartarei, die Reisen eines Kaufmannes durch Hainan und Südchina, und Hall's Reise nach Korea und den Lutschu-Inseln. Hrsg. von Wilhelm Harnisch. (Leipzig : Fleischer, 1824). (Karl-May-Bibliothek Nr. 443). [William Pitt Amherst ; George Macartney]. https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN781 635403&PHYSID=PHYS_0370&DMDID=DMDLOG_0001.	Publication / Amh1	Cited by: Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog : http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk.html. (KVK, Web) Person: Harnisch, Wilhelm Person: Macartney, George
6	1835	Kentish, W[illiam] A[ugustus]. Hudibrastic history of Amherst's embassy to China. (London : Davis & Co., ca. 1835). [William Pitt Amherst].	Publication / KenW1	Cited by: Worldcat/OCLC (WC, Web) Person: Kentish, William Augustus
7	1840	Arrowsmith, John. China. (London : J. Arrowsmith, 1840). [Karte mit Angaben über die Reiseroute von George Macartney und William Pitt Amherst].	Publication / Arr2	Cited by: National Library of Australia http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First (NLA, Organisation) Person: Arrowsmith, John Person: Macartney, George
8	1954	Hsü, Immanuel C. Y. The secret mission of the Lord Amherst on the China coast, 1832. In : Harvard journal of Asiatic studies ; vol 17, no. 1/2 (June 1954). https://www.jstor.org/stable/2718132?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents.	Publication / Hsü11	Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation) Person: Hsu, Immanuel C.Y.