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Defence of foreign legations, Peking, China, June 20th to Aug. 14th, 1900 [cartographic material]
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Shows layout of the British Legation in the Siege of 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. Depicts barricades and defensive lines as well as the enemy attack works. Covers the Legation quarter in Beijing concentrating on the area of the British Legation, with the boundaries of the Russian Legation to the South, the Japanese Legation to the West and the Han-Lin Great Library to the North. The Su Wang Fu residence is depicted as well.
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