His parents, James Perkins and Elizabeth Peck, had ten children in eighteen years. When Perkins was twelve, he was in the crowd which first heard the...
The Daoguang Emperor was the seventh emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the sixth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, from 1820 to 1850.皇帝 - 皇族成員
William Henry Low was an American entrepreneur, businessman and trader from Salem, Massachusetts, who was one of the American pioneers of the Old...畫 - 藝術品, 印度
Thomas Richardson Colledge was a Scottish surgeon with the East India Company at Guangzhou who served part-time as the first medical missionary in...
Thomas Richardson Colledge was a Scottish surgeon with the East India Company at Guangzhou who served part-time as the first medical missionary in...
Eshing was a rich Cantonese Hong merchant. His tea was of such high quality that it sold for 50 percent more than that of other merchants. Because of...
Factory was the English term for the trading posts system originally established by Europeans in foreign territories, first within different states...
George Chinnery was an English painter who spent most of his life in Asia, especially India and southern China. Chinnery was born in London and after...
Admiral Sir William Hutcheon Hall, KCB, FRS , was a British officer in the Royal Navy. He served in the First Anglo-Chinese War and Crimean War. In...
Harriett Low Hillard was an American woman of letters and diarist. From 1829 to 1833 she lived in the Portuguese colony of Macau on the South China...
General Sir James Hope Grant GCB , British general, was the fifth and youngest son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire, and brother of Sir...
General Sir James Hope Grant GCB , British general, was the fifth and youngest son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire, and brother of Sir...英格蘭
The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting...
Peer of Scotland, Lord Napier was an elected Scottish representative in the House of Lords from 1824 to 1832. In December 1833, upon the ending of...
The First Anglo-Chinese War , known popularly as the First Opium War or simply the Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing...
The First Anglo-Chinese War , known popularly as the First Opium War or simply the Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing...
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He was the Governor...
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He was the Governor...
Captain William Story, born August 18 was one of 18 siblings and the half-brother of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story. Under his command, the ship...
Born the third son of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet, Michael Seymour entered the Royal Navy in 1813. He was made Lieutenant in 1822,...天津市
Astor was a German-American business magnate, merchant and investor who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first...商務
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC , known popularly as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime...
Elias Hasket Derby was among the wealthiest and most celebrated of post-Revolutionary merchants in Salem, Massachusetts, and owner of the Grand Turk,...
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates,...
International attention to Shanghai grew in the 19th century due to its economic and trade potential and also its position on the Yangtze River....
International attention to Shanghai grew in the 19th century due to its economic and trade potential and also its position on the Yangtze River....上海
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended the common schools in Princeton, New Jersey, and the College of New Jersey . In 1817, he went to...美國
International attention to Shanghai grew in the 19th century due to its economic and trade potential and also its position on the Yangtze River....
Augustine Heard was an American entrepreneur, businessman and opium trader, the founder of the Augustine Heard & Co. Firm in China.畫 - 藝術品, 鴉片
Factory was the English term for the trading posts system originally established by Europeans in foreign territories, first within different states...工廠
In the Mixing Room, which otherwise looks like a somewhat spartan bathhouse, the contents of the earthen pans are thrown into vats and stirred with...
In the 'Examining Hall' of the opium factory, 'the consistency of the crude opium as brought from the country in earthen pans is simply tested,...印度, 工廠, 鴉片
The Old China Trade was the name given to the early commerce between the Qing Empire and the United States under the Canton System, spanning from...
His parents, James Perkins and Elizabeth Peck, had ten children in eighteen years. When Perkins was twelve, he was in the crowd which first heard the...
The Battle of Ningpo was fought between British and Chinese forces in Ningpo, China, on 10 March 1842 during the First Opium War. The Chinese army...
Augustine Heard was born into a wealthy merchant family of Ipswich, Massachusetts. His father, John Heard , had made his fortune by trading with the...
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates,...鴉片
The First Anglo-Chinese War , known popularly as the First Opium War or simply the Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing...
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates,...美國, 種族歧視
Jardine Matheson & Co., later Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd., forerunner of today's Jardine Matheson Holdings, was a Far Eastern trading company founded...
John Murray Forbes was born in Bordeaux, France. His parents were Ralph Bennett Forbes and wife Margaret Perkins, niece of Thomas Handasyd Perkins,...
John Murray Forbes was born in Bordeaux, France. His parents were Ralph Bennett Forbes and wife Margaret Perkins, niece of Thomas Handasyd Perkins,...
Robert Bennet Ford was born in Jamaica Plain, near Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Ralph Bennet Forbes and wife Margaret Perkins, of the Perkins...
Colonel Thomas Handasyd Perkins, Jr. , circa 1820. He was the son of American shipping magnate, slave trader, smuggler and philanthropist, Colonel...
Russell Sturgis was the second son of Thomas Sturgis, Jr. , and Sarah Paine, of Barnstable, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Perkins , daughter of...
Abiel Abbot Low was an American entrepreneur, businessman, trader and philanthropist who gained most of his fortune from the China trade, importing...
Sir Thomas Francis Wade, GCMG, KCB , was a British diplomat and Sinologist who produced a syllabary in 1859 that was later amended, extended and...
General Sir James Hope Grant GCB , British general, was the fifth and youngest son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire, and brother of Sir...
The First Anglo-Chinese War , known popularly as the First Opium War or simply the Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing...
Sir Charles Elliot, KCB was a British naval officer, diplomat, and colonial administrator. He became the first administrator of Hong Kong in 1841...
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates,...鴉片
Mandarin Pinyin: W_ B_ngjiˆn; 1769 Ð 4 September 1843) was the most important of the Hong merchants in the Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo hong...
Guan Tianpei was a Chinese admiral of the Qing Dynasty who served in the First Opium War. His Chinese title was 'Commander-in-Chief of Naval Forces'....
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet, GCB, PC , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of...
Born in Beckenham, Kent, Auckland was the second son of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, and Eleanor, daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet....印度
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates,...鴉片
Junk is an ancient Chinese sailing vessel design still in use today. Junks were developed during the Han Dynasty and were used as sea-going vessels...畫 - 藝術品, 船舶, 中國帆船
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates,...鴉片
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates,...鴉片
Factory was the English term for the trading posts system originally established by Europeans in foreign territories, first within different states...
