Project Gutenberg 2013-10-30 Public domain in the USA. 119 Roberts, Edmund 1784 1836 Roberts, Edmund Q. (Edmund Quincy) 05012055 Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat In the U. S. Sloop-of-war Peacock, David Geisinger, Commander, During the Years 1832-3-4 Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat" by Edmund Roberts is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The narrative chronicles the author's experiences as a special envoy on a diplomatic mission to the courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat, aimed at establishing equitable trade relations for American commerce in those regions. Through detailed observations and interactions with various cultures, Roberts provides insight into the political and commercial landscapes of Southeast Asia during that era. The opening of the work sets the stage for the diplomatic mission, describing the initial preparations and the motivations behind the journey. The author, selected as a special agent by the U.S. government, outlines the precarious nature of American commerce and the need for treaties to combat the imposition faced by American traders. Roberts recounts the voyage from Boston, detailing encounters with various islands and their inhabitants, while also articulating the pressing challenges, including piracy and extortion, that marked the American presence in these Eastern markets. The introduction serves not only as a prelude to the specifics of the mission but also as a commentary on the economic conditions and cultural nuances encountered along the way. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44075/44075-h/images/cover.jpg en Southeast Asia -- Description and travel Southeast Asia -- Commerce DS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 1110051 1110061 2024-09-18T12:59:35.281048 2023-09-19T08:42:57.576063 text/html text/html 1119422 2013-10-30T06:58:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 466047 2013-10-30T06:59:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 505148 2024-09-18T12:59:50.139948 application/epub+zip 524631 2024-09-18T12:59:37.311007 application/epub+zip 516215 2024-09-18T12:59:36.278053 application/epub+zip 817418 2024-09-18T12:59:58.847941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 748275 2024-09-18T12:59:48.922992 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 740357 2022-09-20T06:35:56.384484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1027154 2024-09-18T12:59:33.116053 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1031247 2013-10-30T06:58:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 385901 2013-10-30T06:59:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1026765 2013-10-30T06:58:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 384953 2013-10-30T06:59:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1027229 2013-10-30T06:58:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 384848 2013-10-30T06:59:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21938 2024-09-18T12:59:59.019890 application/rdf+xml 16705 2024-09-18T12:59:36.437003 image/jpeg 2868 2024-09-18T12:59:36.357016 image/jpeg 464420 2024-09-18T12:59:35.370067 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog