The Stauntons of Galway in China: Irish Catholic networks and the expansion of the British Empire in Asia
George Leonard Staunton, who travelled on the first British embassy to China in 1793, and his son George Thomas Staunton, who translated the Chinese legal code into English, are well-known figures in the history of China. Their British identity was constructed by George Thomas to conceal the family&...
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Cambridge University Press
2024
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