Sujet

'Wei-Hai-Wei', 1898, (c1900). Creator: C Wilkinson.

Légende

'Wei-Hai-Wei', 1898, (c1900). View of Weihai, formerly called Weihaiwei, a major seaport on the Yellow Sea, Shandong province, China. '...British diplomacy sprung its surprise on Russia and Germany, and the announcement was made that we had arranged with China and Japan to take over Wei-hai-Wei on lease as soon as the war indemnity due to Japan was paid off...And so the scramble for China was begun'. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A77_032

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,7Mo (13,0Mo) / 48,4cm x 31,4cm / 5721 x 3709 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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