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Elizabeth I letter to Emperor of Cathay (1602) . [Lancashire Record Office Ref: DDSH 15/3]

In 1602 Queen Elizabeth I wrote a letter to the Emperor of Cathay [China] seeking trade with China – intending for the letter to be delivered that same year. The letter never made it to China until 1984.

The following article submitted by Duncan France, Past President of the New Zealand China Friendship Society’s Hibiscus Coast Branch, sets this letter in its historical context.

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