The 'Asia' was built in 1811 and is depicted off Hong Kong between 1831 and 1832. Huggins has painted her in starboard broadside, flying the red...
Painting of the East Indiaman ÔAtlasÕ, shown off South Foreland, near Dover, in broadside view. She sailed on her first voyage to India in 1813 and...
Nei Lingding Island (Chinese: ____, Nei Lingding Dao, 'Inner Lingding Island'_ is an island in the Pearl River estuary in the southern Chinese...
Factory was the English term for the trading posts system originally established by Europeans in foreign territories, first within different states...
Factory was the English term for the trading posts system originally established by Europeans in foreign territories, first within different states...
Huangpu, formerly transcribed as Whampoa, is one of the ten districts in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Huangpu was the...
Factory was the English term for the trading posts system originally established by Europeans in foreign territories, first within different states...
On the sail of the junk shown there is an inscription bearing five Chinese characters, namely, 'Fo Shan Lian He Dian Zao' The inscription probably...畫 - 藝術品
Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough KP, GCSI, KCB, PC , was a British Army officer. He was said to have commanded in more general actions...
Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough KP, GCSI, KCB, PC , was a British Army officer. He was said to have commanded in more general actions...
During the First Opium War between Britain and China, the British captured the city in the Battle of Amoy on 26 August 1841. Xiamen was one of the...
The Canton System served as a means for China to control trade with the west within its own country. Seen from the European view, it was a complement...船舶
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...
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...
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...英國
The first capture of Chusan by British forces in China occurred on 5Ð6 July 1840 during the First Opium War. The British captured Chusan, the largest...
French medal for the China Campaign of 1861 ; the Chinese reads 'Beijing'. The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War,...
The Tongzhi Emperor , born Zaichun, was the ninth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty, and the eighth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, from...
The Xianfeng Emperor , born Yizhu, was the eighth Emperor of the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty, and the seventh Qing emperor to rule over China proper,...
The First Anglo-Chinese War , known popularly as the First Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing...
Lin Zexu was a Chinese scholar and official during the Qing dynasty. He is most recognized for his conduct and his constant position on the 'high...
The First Anglo-Chinese War , known popularly as the First Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing...
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...
Sassoon was born in Baghdad, where his father, Saleh Sassoon, was a wealthy businessman and chief treasurer to the pashas from 1781 to 1817, and...
Guangzhous largest park, Yuexiu Gongyuan, is dominated by Zhenhai Lou . The tower was built in 1380 and is the only remaining part of Guangzhou's old...
Illustration of Keying a Manchu statesman during the Qing dynasty who conducted the settlement of the First Opium War with the British and other...
Portrait of Ye Mingchen a high-ranking Chinese official during the Qing dynasty, known for his resistance to British influence in Canton in the...
