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Nanjing (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Approach to Nanking, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/21
Scope and Contents

268 x 213 mm. Showing the path to the tombs of the Ming emperors outside Nanjing, flanked by 12 foot high statues of soldiers on guard. Nanjing was the capital of China until it was moved to Peking in 1421.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Approach to Nanking, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/22
Scope and Contents

265 x 212 mm. View showing the statues of kneeling elephants on the path leading to the Ming tombs outside Nanjing.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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The Moloo [or] Nanking Road, Shanghai [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/19
Scope and Contents

276 x 212 mm. View looking along the Nanking Road, a wide street lined with Chinese commercial premises.

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).