Chinese mandarin's barge. The mandarin takes lunch in the cabin waited on by servants. The two umbrellas are a sign of his authority. The boat's wide gunwales allow the sailors to traverse the entire boat without disturbing the passengers. From Samuel Holmes’ Journal of a Voyage to China and Tartary, 1798. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno’s Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Più Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817.

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