Parish, Henry William
Henry William Parish (fl. c. 1792 - 1797) was a British artillery officer best known as a draughtsman and head of the artillery detachment on Lord Macartney's embassy to China. Several of his drawings were published in George Leonard Staunton's An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China in 1797. Parish also surveyed portions of the Great Wall of China as the embassy moved towards Chengde, the summer residence of the Qing emperors.
A quick stop at Da Nang on the way to Beijing.
A Chart of part of the Coast of Cochin-China including Turon Harbour and the Island Callao.
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A map central Vietnamese coast near Da Nang and Hoi An, drawn in 1793 by John Barrow and Henry William Parish, engraved by Benjamin Baker, and included in the first edition of George Leonard Staunton's 1797 An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. (more details)
Outline of the Macartney Embassy.
Sketch of the Pay-Ho or White River and of the road from Pekin to Geho.
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This 1793 sketch map of Beijing and vicinity by Henry William Parish was engraved by Benjamin Baker and included in the first edition of George Leonard Staunton's 1797 An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. It depicts the vicinity around Beijing, in North Zhili Province (北直隸, roughly today's Hebei), highlighting the areas traversed by the Macartney Embassy in 1793. (more details)
You can't see it from space, but you can see it here.
View of the Great Wall of China, called Van-Lee-Tching, or Wall of Ten Thousand Lee taken near the Pass of Cou-Pe-Koo.
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An intricately engraved view of the Great Wall of China drawn by William Alexander based on a sketch by Henry William Parish and engraved by Thomas Medland for inclusion in George Leonard Staunton's An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. This view was important in developing the aura of the Great Wall in the Western imagination of China, but it also reveals how the wall had become unimportant in China itself. (more details)
Lovely place to summer.
A view of Poo-Ta-La or Great Temple near Zhe-Hol in Tartary.
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An impressive view of the Putuo Zongcheng Temple drawn by William Alexander based on a sketch by Henry William Parish and engraved by Benjamin Pouncy for inclusion in George Leonard Staunton's An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. It depicts the Putuo Zongcheng Temple (普陀宗乘之庙) at Rehe (here as Zhe-hol, now Chengde), the Qing summer palace where the British Macartney embassy met with the Qianlong Emperor in 1793. (more details)