sentences:  In 1758, van Braam arrived in China, and for the remaining eight years he was engage in trade in Guangzhou and Macau.During his sojourn in China, he left for Europe twice and married Catharina Cornelia Geertruida van Reede van Oudthoorn on his last visit.In 1773, van Braam left China and the following year, he settled in a county-seat near Zutphen in the province of Gelderland.