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CHUSAN
A group of four views of the naval operations of the British off the coast of Chusan
hand-coloured lithographic plates, cut-down and mounted, unsigned (browned and occasionally spotted)
images: 11¾ x 18¼ins. (30 x 46.5cms.)
Chusan, the principal island of a group off the east coast of China was occupied by the Japanese during the Ming dynasty, and served as an important commercial entrepôt. It was taken by the British forces in 1840 and 1841, and retained till 1846 as a guarantee for the fulfilment of the stipulations of the treaty of Nanking. (4)
A group of four views of the naval operations of the British off the coast of Chusan
hand-coloured lithographic plates, cut-down and mounted, unsigned (browned and occasionally spotted)
images: 11¾ x 18¼ins. (30 x 46.5cms.)
Chusan, the principal island of a group off the east coast of China was occupied by the Japanese during the Ming dynasty, and served as an important commercial entrepôt. It was taken by the British forces in 1840 and 1841, and retained till 1846 as a guarantee for the fulfilment of the stipulations of the treaty of Nanking. (4)