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The trade winds off the coast of …

Years: 1792 - 1792
December
The trade winds off the coast of Africa force the Macartney squadron to sail west all the way to Rio de Janeiro, where they had arrived at the end of November.

Macartney suffers an attack of gout that lasts a month.

As young Thomas Staunton studies the Chinese language, Macartney learns everything he can about China from the books he has placed in the Lion's library.
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