
Sujet
'Wei-Hai-Wei', 1898, (c1900). Creator: C Wilkinson.
Légende
'Wei-Hai-Wei', 1898, (c1900). View of Weihai, formerly called Weihaiwei, a major seaport on the Yellow Sea, Shandong province, China. '...British diplomacy sprung its surprise on Russia and Germany, and the announcement was made that we had arranged with China and Japan to take over Wei-hai-Wei on lease as soon as the war indemnity due to Japan was paid off...And so the scramble for China was begun'. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne]
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM23A77_032
Model release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
60,7Mo (13,0Mo) / 48,4cm x 31,4cm / 5721 x 3709 (300dpi)