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TAKU FORTS

The Taku Forts, at the mouth of the Peiho river (today the Hai He, the name given to the lower stretches of the Bei river) : they were the scene of action in the Opium Wars

Picture No
10195022
Media ID
46539503
Size
4716px x 3027px (2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/GROSVENOR PRINTS
Source
Lithograph by J G Dutton from a sketch by Major Masters
Date
circa 1856

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