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government of the state till 1651, when his uncle Ama-wang,
who had acted as died.
regent,
1656. — First Kussian embassy arrived in China; but as
the declined to how-tow to the he was sent
envoy emperor,
back without an audience.
—
1661. Bombay ceded to the English.
—
1662. Dutch expelled from Formosa.
—
1661-1722. Kang-he period. A great impulse was given
to the ceramic arts the assistance perhaps of the Jesuit
;
missionaries led to many improvements in the porcelain manu-
facture, and to the introduction of several new colours. Sir
"
A. W. Franks It is to this that we
says, probably reign may
refer most of the old that are to be seen in collec-
specimens
tions, even when they bear earlier dates." This emperor was
indefatigable in administering the affairs of the empire, which
then extended from the Siberian frontier to Cochin-China,
and from the China Sea to Turkestan. The dictionary of the
a/
Chinese under his
language, published superintendence, proves
him to have been as a scholar as his show him
great conquests
to have been a great general. He caught a fatal cold during
one of his hunting expeditions in Mongolia, and died in 1721,
after a of
glorious reign sixty years.
1664. — in this of very
Jacquemart says year 44,943 pieces
rare arrived in Holland, and that in
Japanese porcelain
December of the same of various kinds
year 16,580 pieces
were shipped by the Dutch Company from Batavia.
1667. — Tea first imported into England.
—
1673. Canton again visited by English ships.
1686.—Calcutta founded by the East India Company.
—
1689. Customs duty of 5s. per pound first imposed upon
tea in
England.
1683-1684.—At least 200 Chinese junks a year visited
Nagasaki, and as each had at least 50 people on board, no less than
10,000 Chinese visited Japan every year, to say nothing of the
some of the i. 376).
passengers large junks brought (Kaempfer,
1685. — Government restricted the Chinese trade
Japanese
to 70 junks a year, of which 16 were to come from Nankin
and 5 from Canton
(Ksempfer, i. 377).
"
1689.—Lord Bristol's diary : April, 10. For a White
Teapot and Basin for dear Wife, £4 16s. 9cZ." There are other
"
entries for china and old china for dear wife."