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Rise & Fall of the Canton Trade System Gallery: COMMODITIES / cwOF_1784c_EmpressChina |
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Fan depicting American vessel "Empress of China," ca. 1784; thought to be the only image of the first American ship to trade in Canton. Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Fan depicting American vessel "Empress of China"
Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Metropolitan Museum catalog page 80
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