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East India Company in Hong Kong?

Submitted by ob_terras_reclusas on Tue, 2018-08-28 22:15

I have been trying to look for landmarks and places related to the East India Company in Hong Kong. I have a few ideas and I am wondering if anyone has any more suggestion/addition to the list below?

1850s impressions of Hong Kong by English visitors reprinted in "The Chater Collection"

Submitted by jill on Sun, 2017-03-19 19:08

I was interested to read the following the accounts of British visitors to Hong Kong in the 1850s reprinted in "Sir Paul Chater. The Chater Collection. Pictures relating to China, Hong Kong," by James Orange, 1924.

The first is by Laurence Oliphant and taken from "The Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, '58, '59":

Gunpowder

Submitted by isioux on Thu, 2017-01-05 20:12

Hello everyone, 

Can anyone guide me to a source of information on gunpowder trade around HK 1850s and before ?

Are there any newspapers available for this time period?

Tracing John Peter Morgan or similar name, 1850s and before, connected with spice trade, sailing, shipping.

thank you,

isioux

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