Treaty of Nanking
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The Treaty of Nanjing was the peace treaty which ended the First Opium War between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842. It was the second of what the Chinese later termed the
Signing of the treaty on board HMS Cornwallis
HMS Cornwallis and the British squadron in Nanjing, saluting the conclusion of the treaty
Treaty of Nanking Historical Materials Exhibition Hall in modern Nanjing
HMS Cornwallis (1813)
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HMS Cornwallis was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1814, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic War
Treaty of Nanking
…China's military defeat, with British warships poised to attack Nanjing (then romanized as Nanking), British and Chinese officials negotiated on board HMS Cornwallis anchored in the Yangtze at the city. On 29 August, British representative Sir Henry Pottinger and Qing representatives Keying, Yilibu, and Niu Jian…
1847 illustration of Cornwallis leaving Plymouth Harbour