Shanghai's Port in 1850 After Being Specified

Shanghai was the specified port to allow commerce based on the Treaty of Nanking, the port opened in 1843. Pictured was Shanghai in 1850. The Treaty of Nanking was a peace treaty that ended the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and Qing Dynasty in China in 1842 in the wake of China's defeat

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