View of the port town of Macau, China, circa 1800s

View of the port town of Macau, China, circa 1800s. Portuguese colony with European-style houses on the harbour. The feeble defenses are manned by only 150 Sepoys or Indian soldiers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1, 200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. published from 1790-1830

1810 Bilderbuch Fur Kinder Carl Bertuch Defenses Encyclopedia Engraved Plates Friedrich Johann Bertuch Macao Macau Natural History Picture Book For Children Sepoys

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