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`An Embassy to Cochin China by Order of his Majesty the Emperor of Ava' [Burma]....
Catalogue reference: ADM 7/850
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This record is about the `An Embassy to Cochin China by Order of his Majesty the Emperor of Ava' [Burma].... dating from [1822 or later] in the series Admiralty: Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ADM 7/850
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1822 or later]
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`An Embassy to Cochin China by Order of his Majesty the Emperor of Ava' [Burma]. An account in English by a member of the embassy, John Gibson, taken down by Capt. H. Burney. With a first version in pencil, Latin and French translations of a letter from the Government of Ava to the King of Cochin China and a note in pencil on how the account was compiled.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3741270/
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ADM 7
Admiralty: Miscellanea
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