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Tag Archives: Navy
French Men of War at Pagoda Anchorage, Foochow, 1884
In this, the first of a series of posts by undergraduate finalists in history at the University of Bristol, Nicholas Barker reflects on a tense moment caught in a seemingly quiet image. The stillness of this photograph masks a brutal … Continue reading
Posted in Guest blogs, Photograph of the day
Tagged Fuzhou, Navy, Oswald, Sino-French War, war, warship
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E is for … ebay (and eouch)
For a change this post is about photographs that have been lost. A recent sale on Ebay of some materials found during a house clearance in southwestern England, left traces online of what seems to be a historically interesting voyage … Continue reading
Posted in Alphabet China, Elsewhere on the net, Photographers
Tagged Navy, ships, Taiwan
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