Sujet

The Chinese Question - Kiao-Chau, Germany's newly acquired station: view of the bay..., 1898. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Chinese Question - Kiao-Chau, Germany's newly acquired station: view of the bay from the steam-ship "Swatow", 1898. 'Kiaochau [or Kiaochow] Bay - China, looking towards Tsingtan Village. Facsimile of a Sketch by our Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior. The actual town of Kiao-Chau is some distance inland, but the Germans are now busily engaged on building operations in the village of Tsingtan, on the coast of Kiao-Chou Bay, with the object of enlarging it into a strong naval station'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM26A15_139

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

23.9Mo (2.3Mo) / 30.9cm x 19.3cm / 3652 x 2284 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation sea Asia boat boats arts bay politics country harbour China art Chinese trade port ship ships British geography peninsula political location century Colonial Britain newspapers press print international relations B&W sailing ship sailing ships steamship 19th century Yellow Sea water transport black & white black and white B W steamships nineteenth century Qingdao Tsingtao The Print Collector colonialism geographical feature Illustrated London News imperialism steam ship TGN ILN Melton Prior newspaper Shandong province Unknown Prior Melton steam ships 19th-century Bohai Sea The Illustrated London News M. P. P. M. Shandong Peninsula Jiaozhou Bay Partition of China Scramble for China Scramble for Concessions Kiao-Chau Kiao-chow Kiaochow Kiauchau Tsingtan Tsingtau