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April 1847. View of the Bay of Victoria, Hong-Kong, and part of the Military Cantonment

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April 1847. View of the Bay of Victoria, Hong-Kong, and part of the Military Cantonment
Submitted by annelisec

Cover page detail of

Operations in the Canton River
in April 1847
under the joint command of
Major General D'Aguilar, C.B.
and
Captain McDougall of the Royal Navy

From drawings made on the spot by Lieut. Martin
42 Madras Native Infantry, Acting Engineer

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Original at:  http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/139083.html

Creative Commons copyright

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Thursday, April 1, 1847
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Submitted by David on Mon, 2014-09-08 10:47.

Thanks to 80skid for finding this and Annelise for posting.

Looking at the 1845 map of the area (http://gwulo.com/1845_map_hong_kong), I guess the artist was in the higher (further south) of the two buildings marked "Bungalow Officers Qrs.". Perhaps that's where Lt. Martin was living at the time?

The location today looks to be up the top of Hong Kong Park, near the Tai Chi Garden.

Regards, David

Submitted by annelisec on Mon, 2014-09-08 23:49.

Would the little hill in the foreground be Scandal Point ?

Submitted by David on Wed, 2014-09-10 16:38.

I don't think the hill in the foreground was Scandal Point. From other maps, it was further east and on a similar level to Flagstaff House. See:

http://gwulo.com/scandal-point

Regards, David