Early Relations hetzveen the United States and China. i6i 



This is first hand information of the fur-seahng industry at a 

 time when it had nearly disappeared. 



Barrows, John. 



Travels in China. Philadelphia, 1805. 



This is given here to show that sufficient interest in China 

 existed in America to justify an American edition of these 

 travels. 



Beech EY, F. W. 



Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Bering's Strait to 

 cooperate with the Polar Expedition performed in His Majesty's 

 Ship Blossom under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey, 

 R. N., in the years 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828. 2 Vols. London, 183 1. 



Bond, Phineas. 



Letters of Phineas Bond, British Consul at Philadelphia, to the 

 Foreign Office of Great Britain, 1787, 1788, 1789. Edited by 

 the Historical Manuscripts Commission of the American His- 

 torical Association. In Annual Report of the American Historical 

 Association for 1896. Vol. I, pp. 513-659. 



These letters give some information about the beginnings of 

 the American commerce with China, and show what opinions a 

 well-informed British subject held in regard to it. 



Campbell, Archibald. 



Voyage Round the World from 1806 to 181 2. New York, 181 7. 

 Cleveland, Richard J. 



A Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises. 2 v. 

 Cambridge, Mass., 1842. 2d ed., with additions, Cambridge, 1844. 



Cleveland was a merchant adventurer who sailed in many seas. 

 His voyages from Canton to the west coast of the Americas are 

 of especial interest to us. 

 Delano, Amasa. 



Narrative of Voyages and Travels, in the Northern and 

 Southern Hemispheres : Comprising Three Voyages Round the 

 World : together with a Voyage of Survey and Discovery, in the 

 Pacific Ocean and Oriental Islands. Boston, 1818. 



Delano was largely concerned with various branches of the 

 fur trade centering at Canton. The book is a compilation of 

 journals kept on the voyages and is very detailed. 



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