Plan of the City of Canton, 1857. Creator: Unknown

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Plan of the City of Canton, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Plan of the City of Canton, 1857. Map showing the city wall, pagoda, foreign factories, Choo Keang or Pearl River, old city, foundling hospital, treasure house, governor's house, new city, ditch, execution ground [and] mosque'. War in China: The time is approaching when our present treaty with China will have terminated, and a new one will require to be made...Shall we be denied the privilege of having a diplomatic agent at Pekin [Beijing], while Russia maintains one there? We have a naval force strong enough to make the Chinese sensible of our greatness, and to enforce demands which the interests of commerce as well as our national dignity justify us in making'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857

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