Plan of British Legation Peking shewing defences June to August 1900

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  Defence of foreign legations, Peking, China, June 20th to Aug. 14th, 1900 [cartographic material]

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  One of the first official map of Beijing's Legation Quarter (Dong Jiaomin Xiang / 東江米巷) to illustrate the events of the Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901) and the siege of the Foreign Legations. The map was prepared by the American military engineer Harley Bascom "Fergie" Ferguson, who was sent to Beijing in 1900 as part of the China Relief Expedition. Produced in cyanotype (blueprint) in very small quantities, this map forms the basis of all subsequent maps of the Legation Quarter's defense.

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  Gladstone, W.E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. 1 letter to Whitwell Elwin, 1816-1900, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1857, June 22), Hawarden

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  Gladstone, W.E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. 1 letter to Whitwell Elwin, 1816-1900, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1855, June 21), Oxford

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