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Collection Walter R. Kent Collection Map makers Weller, Edward, 1819-1884 Geographic region China Beijing Tianjin Bo Hai Additional titles Cassell's atlas Note Scale [approximately 1:475,200. 2 inches = 15 English miles]. With graphic design with words: "The dispatch atlas" under the title of map. "Weekly Dispatch, 139 Fleet Street"--Bottom left. "E. Weller, Lithogr."--Bottom middle. Engraved by Edwd. Weller, Red Lion Square"--Bottom right. Relief shown pictorially. "The map depicts the route taken by the British forces during the Second Opium War of 1860. In 1859, a British naval force had attacked the forts guarding the mouth of the Hai River. During the action, US Navy Commodore Josiah Tattnall, came to the assistance of the British gunboat HMS Plover, which is claimed to be the first time that British and independent American troops fought side by side. In 1860, an Anglo-French force landed at Pei Tang before capturing the Taku Forts and subsequently advancing to and capturing Beijing ... Date printed: 1863 .... Provenance: "Cassell's Complete Atlas" (a.k.a. "The Weekly Dispatch Atlas"), Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London [Cassell's Weekly Dispatch Atlas]"--from website of Antiquemapsandprints.com (https://www.antiquemapsandprints.com/country-between-peking--the-gulf-of-pechili-taku-forts-china-weller-1863-map-422347-p.asp). Electronic reproduction: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library, [2022]. Originally created as: 1 map : hand colored ; 49 x 34 cm. Aspect ratio: 1:1.431. Description based on physical version. Language French Call number G7824.B4S5 1863 W46 DOI 10.14711/spcol/991013158528703412

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