South China Sea Collection

A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Portrait of a German crew member using compasses and parallel rulers to plot the course of the SS Knivsberg through the South China Sea

Georgetown, Penang, near Perak, in the Malay Peninsula, 1876. Creator: E. Hastie
Georgetown, Penang, near Perak, in the Malay Peninsula, 1876. The nearest British settlement to Perak is that of Pulo Penang, or Prince of Wales's Island

The Combined Fleet in China - transports in Cowloong Bay preparing to get under way for... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Combined Fleet in China - transports in Cowloong Bay preparing to get under way for the north - from a sketch by our special artist at Hong-Kong, 1860. British warships at anchor

Plan of the Attack on the Forts and Batteries of Canton, Nov.12 and 13, 1856, (1857). Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Attack on the Forts and Batteries of Canton, Nov.12 and 13, 1856, (1857). British naval officer:..we have had a job to take some forts called the Bocca Tigris

Chinese Pirate-boat at Canton - from a drawing by a Chinese artist, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Chinese Pirate-boat at Canton - from a drawing by a Chinese artist, 1857. The river swarms with pirates...and they carry on their depredations unchecked in the very teeth of the forts...The pirate

Capture of Bocca Tigris Forts by the English Squadron - the Attack on North and South Wantung, 1857
The War with China - Capture of Bocca Tigris Forts by the English Squadron - the Attack on North and South Wantung, 1857. Encounter, North Wantung, Nankin, South Aminghoy, Hornet, South Wantung

The War in China - Fleet of Chinese Pirates Preparing to Attack, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - Fleet of Chinese Pirates Preparing to Attack, 1857. One of the greatest evils the merchants commerce of the China Seas has to contend with is the immense number of pirate craft

The War in China - Chinese War Junks of the Old Style, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - Chinese War Junks of the Old Style, 1857. Twenty years ago their ships of war were short, misshapen masses of timber, quaint and ungainly in appearance, almost unmanageable

The War in China - Chinese Modern First-Class Junk of War, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - Chinese Modern First-Class Junk of War, 1857. Second Opium War....the junks of the first class carry guns between decks, like our frigates

The War in China - Chinese Modern Junk of War: Second Class, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - Chinese Modern Junk of War: Second Class, 1857. Opium Wars....the progress of naval architecture in China has advanced far beyond what the people of that country might have been

Chinese Smuggling Craft, Strait of Formosa, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Chinese Smuggling Craft, Strait of Formosa, 1857. Ship in the Taiwan Strait, South China Sea. From "Illustrated London News", 1857

Attempt to Capture the Passenger-steamer "Fei Ma" ("Flying Horse") by 53 Imperial Junks... 1857
Attempt to Capture the Passenger-steamer "Fei Ma" ("Flying Horse") by 53 Imperial Junks, in Canton River

Hong-Kong: Central Portion of the Town of Victoria, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Hong-Kong: Central Portion of the Town of Victoria, 1857. General view showing...the central part of the town of Victoria, lying at the base of the lofty hills

Chinese Merchants Lorchas, Canton River, 1857. Creators: Edwin Weedon, Unknown
Chinese Merchants Lorchas, Canton River, 1857. Second Opium War. The lorcha is used in the coasting trade of China by the English

The War with China - Interior of the Anunghoy Bogue Forts, sketched after their demolition... 1857. Creator: Unknown
The War with China - Interior of the Anunghoy Bogue Forts, sketched after their demolition by the "Nankin" and the "Calcutta", 1857

Wreck of "The Douro" steam-ship, on the Paracels, in the China Sea, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of "The Douro" steam-ship, on the Paracels, in the China Sea, 1854. Ship runs aground in bad weather between from Hong-Kong

Destruction of Shap-'Ng-Tsai's Piratical Fleet, by the British, in the Gulf of Tonquin, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Destruction of Shap-'Ng-Tsai's Piratical Fleet, by the British, in the Gulf of Tonquin, 1850. "It must be remembered that it is not the policy of any piratical force to become assailants

Capture and Destruction of Thirteen Piratical Chinese Junks... 1850. Creator: Unknown
Capture and Destruction of Thirteen Piratical Chinese Junks, in Mir's Bay, by H.M. Steamer "Medea", 1850. "It must be remembered that it is not the policy of any piratical force to

Destruction of a Piratical Chinese Fleet at Pinghoy, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Destruction of a Piratical Chinese Fleet at Pinghoy, 1850....the burning of the pirate's fleet at Pinghoy, on the night of October 1

H.M.S. "Reynard" Capturing Two Piratical Junks off Hong Kong, 1850. Creator: Unknown. H.M.S
H.M.S. "Reynard" Capturing Two Piratical Junks off Hong Kong, 1850. "It must be remembered that it is not the policy of any piratical force to become assailants against vessels of war;

Political map of China. Map showing China, Mongolia, East Turkestan, Tibet and the Korean peninsula. Plate 62 from The Times Atlas

Political map of Eastern China, showing Taiwan, Tianjin and the Bohai Sea. Plate 64 from The Times Atlas

Swatow, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
Swatow, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. vi from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume ii" (1873)

Chinese junks at the entrance to Hong Kong Harbour, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Chinese junks at the entrance to Hong Kong Harbour, 1898. Chinesische Dschunken vor dem Einfahrt in den Hafen von Hongkong

Pemanggil Island, Malaya, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Pemanggil Island, Malaya, 1898. Pulo Pemangil, Pulo Aor, Pinang, South China Sea. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

House on stilts and fishermen in Singapore Harbour, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
House on stilts and fishermen in Singapore Harbour, 1898. Fischer im Hafen von Singapore. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

East Point showing Victoria Hills, Hong Kong, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
East Point showing Victoria Hills, Hong Kong, 1895. Boats in the harbour of what was then a British colony, now part of mainland China

Map of China and Japan, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Map of China and Japan, 1902. Showing Mongolia, Eastern Turkestan and Tibet, with insets of Hong Kong and Tokyo Bay. From The Century Atlas of the World. [John Walker & Co, Ltd. London, 1902]

Map of the East Indian Archipelago, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Map of the East Indian Archipelago, 1902. Showing Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Siam, The Philippines, Papua New Guinea and the South China Sea. From The Century Atlas of the World. [John Walker & Co, Ltd

Geographical map of China. Plate 63 from The Times Atlas

The destruction of the Chinese war junk in Ansons Bay, 7 January 1841 (c1857). Artist: George Greatbatch
The destruction of the Chinese war junk in Ansons Bay, 7 January 1841 (c1857). The East India Companys steamer Nemesis, and the boats of the Sulphur

Hong Kong, view from Kowlun, c1890. Hong Kong seen from Kowloon, China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

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