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Plan of British Legation Peking shewing defences June to August 1900
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- Description
- 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.
- Date
- 1900
- Call number
- 647411
- Provenance
- Purchased by the Library Collectors' Council from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, January 19, 2019. Signed in manuscript by Captain Francis Garden Poole (1870-1950). Poole was in charge of the civilian volunteer combat force during the Siege. Acquired with another map, Defense of Foreign Legations, Peking, China, June 20th to Aug. 14th, 1900 (call number 647412), which is unsigned. It appears that both maps share the Poole provenance.
- Dimensions
- sheet 55 x 44 cm
- Associated people
- Poole, Francis Garden, (1870-1950,)
- Associated organization
- India.
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