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Taiwan (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

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Anping [1890s], 1890 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/51
Scope and Contents

134 x 100 mm (cabinet sized print). View looking over the roofs of warehouses and other buildings towards the harbour at Anping on the west coast of Formosa. The area was early visited by the Dutch who built a fort in the town in 1630.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Foochow [c 1900], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/48
Scope and Contents

202 x 141 mm. View looking along the Long Bridge (also known as the Bridge of the Ten Thousand Ages) across the River Min at Foochow.

Dates: 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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Foochow [c 1900], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/49
Scope and Contents

202 x 141 mm. Duplicate of Y3077C/48.

Dates: 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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Formosa [i.e. Taiwan], 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/229
Scope and Contents

A view from the sea showing a harbour and water front, possibly at Chi-lung.

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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Formosa - Keelung [i.e. Taiwan - Chi-lung], 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/227
Scope and Contents

An indistinct view from the sea showing the harbour and water front of Chi-lung with mountains 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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Formosa - Keelung [i.e. Taiwan - Chi-lung], 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/228
Scope and Contents

A view showing a rocky promontory and small settlement at Chi-lung on the north coast of T'ai-wan.

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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Formosa - Keelung [i.e. Taiwan - Chi-lung], 1909, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/230
Scope and Contents

A view from the sea showing the crowded harbour at Chi-lung, with mountains beyond.

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).
 File

Hong Kong, China and Japan, 1908 - 1915

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/183-249
Scope and Contents

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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Kelung [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/53
Scope and Contents

138 x 99 mm (cabinet sized print). View from a neighbouring hillside looking down onto the town of Kelung, situated on a coastal plain backed by hills. Precise location in Formosa unidentified.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Takow [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/50
Scope and Contents

234 x 100 mm (cabinet sized print). View looking along the rocky waterfront at Takow (after 1920 known as Kaoiung), the major seaport on the west coast of South Formosa. The view seen here probably shows the older part of the town.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Tamsui (Hobe), 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/52
Scope and Contents

136 x 99 mm. View looking over the waterfront at Tamsui (Tanshui) a fishing port at the mouth of the Tanshui River in northern Formosa. Formerly a leading seaport, its importance declined with the silting up of the river.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Transcript of interview: Derek Marsh, 2023

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 229
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2023
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
 Fonds

Views in Australia, Egypt, Aden, Asia and other places chiefly circa 1908-1915

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)
Scope and Contents The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...
Dates: 1908 - 1915
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).