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| Picture No | 10003398 |
| Date | 20 January 1841 |
| Description | British take control of Hong Kong |
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The British take over the sland, occupied by them since 1839 but now formally ceded by the Chinese and confirmed by the Treaty of Nanking 1842
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| Source | R Caton Woodville in Illustrated London News, 7 February 1903, page 202 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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