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Rise & Fall of the Canton Trade System Gallery: PLACES / cwBTW_1830_AH8718_Pag_sc |
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The Whampoa (Huangpu) Pagoda, built during the reign of Wanli (1573-1620), was one of the traditional "eight beautiful scenes" of Canton... Done from a sketch by Cpt. Robert Elliot appearing in Elliot's Views of the East: India, Canton, and the Shores of
Whampoa Pagoda on the Pearl River, 1830
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