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Hong Kong (administrative region)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 243 Collections and/or Records:

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Hong Kong as seen from the anchorage. Drawn by Lieutenant L.G. Heath of HMS Iris, 1846, 1847

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 385/1
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London: published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, May 4th 1847

This is a three part black and white panorama, measuring 127 x 2310 mm. in total. The individual sheets are numbered 1696a-c.

Dates: 1847
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Stored in the RCS Plan Chest.
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Hong Kong as seen from the anchorage. Drawn by Lieutenant L.G. Heath of HMS Iris, 1846, 1991

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 385/2
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London: published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, May 4th 1847

This is a three part colour reproduction, measuring 127 x 2310 mm. in total, pulled from the original Admiralty copper plates. It was published in 1991 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the cession of Hong Kong to the United Kingdom. The individual sheets are numbered 1696a-c.

Dates: 1991
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Stored in the RCS Plan Chest.
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'Hong Kong as seen from the anchorage'. Drawn by Lieutenant L.G. Heath of HMS Iris (1846)

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 385
Scope and Contents London: published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, May 4th 1847Commander (later Captain Sir Edward) Belcher of HMS Sulphur carried out a hydrographic survey of Hong Kong Island in 1841, and it was printed as Chart 1466 on 1 May 1843. Three engravings based upon Lieutenant L.G. Heath’s drawings were prepared by the Hydrographic Office to complement Belcher’s chart, and were published in 1847 as a three part panorama, measuring 127 x 2310 mm....
Dates: 1847 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access: Stored in the RCS Plan Chest.
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Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/203
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A view showing a houseboat on the Chu River.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/204
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A view showing a crowded settlement of warehouses and huts on the bank of the Chu River.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/205
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A view along the river bank.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/207
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A view showing three-masted junks on the Chu River, a good composition spoiled through lack of tonal contrast.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/208
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A rear-view of a junk on the Chu River, with a village on the bank in the background.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/209
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A murky view showing two junks, possibly transporting a large raft of timber down river.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River Boat, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/210
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A view showing a river boat of the Sun Ning Railway Co at a jetty on the Chu River.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong, China and Japan, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/183-249
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Slides 237-244 are copies of prints by Hiroshige.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - Entrance, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/160
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A view showing two junks off Hong Kong.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - Flower Mkt, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/198
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A view looking along tree-shaded Wyndham Street (off Queen's Road), with flower sellers on the pavement.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong from the Bay. The Peak, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/77
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288 x 202 mm. View from the harbour looking towards the waterfront of the city of Victoria, with the Peak in the background.

Dates: 1870 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong from [Victoria] Peak, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/184
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A view from Victoria Peak looking down on Victoria and the Harbour and across to Kowloon.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong from [Victoria] Peak, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/187
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A view looking down on the city and Harbour of Victoria and showing the Albany Filter Beds (at right of slide), MacDonnell Road (below the filter beds) and the breakwater of the Naval Dockyard. A photograph taken from near the Peak Road.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong from [Victoria] Peak, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/188
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A view looking down on Victoria from Victoria Peak with the Harbour and Kowloon beyond.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - Governor's Ho;, [Victoria] Peak, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/193
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A view looking down on Government House from the Upper Albert Road with the Kowloon Peninsula visible in the distance.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - Governor's House, [Victoria] Peak, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/194
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A view showing a wing of Government House, partially obscured by trees.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong: History

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3038C
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A collection of photographs, some of engravings.

Dates: 1840 - 1951
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong: House on [Victoria] Peak, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/200
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A view showing a long narrow room furnished with chairs and potted plants.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - Mr Leefe's house, [Victoria] Peak, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/191
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A view showing an imposing residential house on Victoria Peak, probably that of L.N. Leefe who is recorded as an assistant at Jardine, Matheson and Co (see ?).

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong Street, 1907 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BBB/74
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205 x 145 mm.

Dates: 1907 - 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - [Victoria] Peak, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/185
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A view looking down from Victoria Peak with an unidentified large white house in the foreground.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong - [Victoria] Peak, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/192
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A view looking over the flagstaff on Victoria Peak with Victoria and the Harbour in the distance below.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).