The General History of China Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet; Including an Exact and Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Religion, Arts, and Sciences : The Whole Adorn'd with Curious Maps, and Variety of Copper-Plates.

Title

The General History of China Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet; Including an Exact and Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Religion, Arts, and Sciences : The Whole Adorn'd with Curious Maps, and Variety of Copper-Plates.

Subject

China, Korea, Tibet

Description

An encyclopedic survey of China, Tibet, and Korea, drawn from the reports of Jesuit missionaries

Creator

Du Halde, J.-B. 1674-1743.

Source

HathiTrust Digital Library

Publisher

London, J. Watts, 1739-1741. (Translator)

Date

1739

Contributor

Brookes, Richard, fl. 1750.

Rights

Public Domain. Google-digitized.

Relation

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Format

Book

Language

English, translated from French

Type

History

Identifier

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Coverage

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Files

Citation

Du Halde, J.-B. 1674-1743., “The General History of China Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet; Including an Exact and Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Religion, Arts, and Sciences : The Whole Adorn'd with Curious Maps, and Variety of Copper-Plates.,” Food origins, accessed April 18, 2026, https://tenochtitlan.omeka.net/items/show/58.