The Stauntons of Galway in China: Irish Catholic networks and the expansion of the British Empire in Asia
George Leonard Staunton, who wrote the authoritative account of the first British embassy to China in 1793, and his son George Thomas Staunton, who translated the Chinese legal code into English and in so doing influenced much later understanding of Chinese law, are well-known figures in the history...
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Cambridge University Press
2023
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