Description: During the time of this map (1912), the territory composed of more than 260 islands known as Hong Kong was a British colony. Hong Kong was ceded from the Qing Dynasty of China in 1842 under the Treaty of Nanking.
Source: Ernest Rhys, Ed., A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia (New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & CO., 1912) 87
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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