Bücher der Reihe Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia 2 Volume Set

John Bell (1691-1780) entered the service of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, and had already taken part in a government mission to Persia in 1715-18 when he was asked to join an embassy to China. This two-volume work, published in 1763, describes both these journeys.