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Request to Land at Tianjin
- When
- June 1793 (before Macartney's arrival)
- Where
- Guangdong province, of which Canton was the principal port
East India Company representatives asked the Guangdong military governor for permission to land at Tianjin rather than Guangzhou.
Ahead of Macartney's arrival, representatives of the East India Company met with the military governor of Guangdong to request that the embassy be allowed to land at Tianjin instead of Guangzhou (Canton). The Emperor had already sent instructions to every port in China to provide pilots to guide the British visitors, and the governor did so.
Sources
- Macartney Embassy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24
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