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Book/Printed Material Journal du voyage de Laurent Lange a la Chine.

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Title

  • Journal du voyage de Laurent Lange a la Chine.

Summary

  • Swedish born Lorenz Lange was among the many West Europeans to enter Russian service during the reign of Peter the Great. In 1715, he was sent to China as a special envoy to promote Russian commercial interests. This book recounts his overland journey through Tobol'sk, Tomsk, Eniseisk, Irkutsk, the Trans-Baikal region, and northern China. He remained in Beijing for two years. Based on his excellent reporting, the tsar sent Lange back to Bejing as consul in 1719 to supervise the Russian caravan traders in the Chinese capital. His mission was cut short, however, when the Chinese court terminated the Russian trade concession in a dispute about hegemony over the Mongols. Lange was later appointed vice-governor in Irkutsk, the jumping off point for Russian expeditions to Siberia and the North Pacific. There he met such famous explorers as Bering, Gmelin, and Steller. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Lange, Lorenz.
  • Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1734.

Headings

  • -  China--Description and travel--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • p. [371]-410 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G160 .B52

Source Collection

  • Recueil de voyages au nord ... 17 cm., t. 5 (1734), p. [371]-410.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05010382

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Lange, Lorenz, and Pre-1801 Imprint Collection. Journal du voyage de Laurent Lange a la Chine. 1725. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/05010382/.

APA citation style:

Lange, L. & Pre-1801 Imprint Collection. (1725) Journal du voyage de Laurent Lange a la Chine. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/05010382/.

MLA citation style:

Lange, Lorenz, and Pre-1801 Imprint Collection. Journal du voyage de Laurent Lange a la Chine. 1725. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/05010382/>.