Episode 2 of 2
Arrival at Macau
- When
- 19 June 1793
- Where
- Macau
The embassy's ships reached Macau on 19 June 1793, the squadron's first arrival on the China coast.
The full squadron sailed on to Macau, arriving on 19 June 1793. This marked the embassy's arrival in Chinese waters after a voyage that had taken it from Portsmouth via Rio de Janeiro and the Cape of Good Hope. Canton, the most active port in the China trade, lay nearby up the Pearl River Delta.
Sources
- Macartney Embassy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24
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