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It lists the actions that it conducted on the way up river and various episodes on the return after the signing of the Treaty of Nanking. The free quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical ...

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The first of those, the Treaty of Nanking, ended the First Opium War between Britain and the Qing dynasty in 1842. It required China to pay a massive indemnity, cede the island of Hong Kong to the ...

United States president Woodrow Wilson smiles as he leads the procession that followed the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Although Wilson personally negotiated the treaty, it was never ...

The British forces inflicted a series of military defeats on the Chinese until in 1842, when the war was ended with the Treaty of Nanking. The treaty opened five Chinese ports to British traders ...

In 1841, China ceded the island to the British, and in 1842 the Treaty of Nanking was signed, formally ending the First Opium War. Britain’s new colony flourished as an East-West trading center and as ...

On 29 August 1842 the Opium War ended with the Treaty of Nanking. The Chinese paid the British a multimillion-dollar indemnity, ceded Hong Kong and opened five treaty ports to traders: Canton ...

On 29 August 1842 the Opium War ended with the Treaty of Nanking. The Chinese paid the British a multimillion-dollar indemnity, ceded Hong Kong and opened five treaty ports to traders: Canton ...