Shanghai harbour circa 1875. From a watercolour

Shanghai harbour circa 1875. From a watercolour. Shanghai was one of the Treaty Ports established in 1842 for British traders after China's defeat in the first Opium War (1839-1842). One of the vessels anchored in the habrour is a paddle steamer

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