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Wuhan (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Hankow, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/33
Scope and Contents

268 x 210 mm. View looking along the Bund at Hankow, with the Yangtze on the right and European commercial premises lining the street on the left. Situated some 420 miles west of Shanghai, Hankow was one of the first inland cities in China to be opened to foreign trade by the Treaty of Tientsin in 1858.

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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Hankow [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/46
Scope and Contents

279 x 218 mm. View of the Hankow waterfront, with sampans in the foreground and steamers moored at the wharves and piers beyond. Hankow is situated some 600 miles from Shanghai at the confluence of the Hankow and Yangtsze Rivers and was opened to foreign trade in 1861.

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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Hankow [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/47
Scope and Contents

278 x 213 mm. View looking along the Bund at Hankow, a spacious avenue with lawns laid out at the waterside and European premises at the left.

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).