Attempt to capture the passenger-steamer Fei-Ma Flying Horse

by 53 Imperial junks in Canton River... caption title by Opium Wars - Antique Print

A$160 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

London. Illustrated London News. March 14, 1857. Stock ID #179412 Half page engraving 14.5 x 23.5 cm on a single newspaper leaf, with complete associated text, engravings of explosive devices employed in the capture Chinese Infernal machines” on the verso; and another unrelated half page engraving of Chinese Smuggling Craft , spots of browning and edge-wear, but in very good condition. Engraving and detailed

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