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Shantou (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Swatow [1890s], 1890 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/33
Scope and Contents

220 x 175 mm. View from the River Han looking towards the houses of Swatow on the bank. The town was opened to foreign trade by the Treaty of Tientsin in 1869, at the end of the Second China War.

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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Swatow [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/34
Scope and Contents

269 x 204 mm. View from a rocky hillside looking down onto a small bay on the bank of the River Han. A three storey verandahed house with terraced roof and a small formal garden fronts onto the water.

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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Swatow [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/35
Scope and Contents

226 x 181 mm. View looking along Swatow Bay with a small beach with jetty in the foreground, overlooked by a house.

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).