File:Hong Kong and Victoria Peak Circa 1855.jpg

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English: Hong Kong and Victoria Peak Circa 1855.
View of Victoria Peak and the Harbour. Here, a variety of steam and sailing vessels fill the harbor including a rare number of American ships: a sidewheel steamer, a steam-sail side wheeler, and a bark at anchor. Other ships include older British ships, likely being used for storage in the harbor, and a Dutch full rigged ship with sails aloft. Several local vessels travel between the foreign ships, including fishing and merchant ships along with a group of colorful Chinese junks off to the right with red banners flying, fierce eyes painted on their bows.
Behind the harbor, Hong warehouses of the United States and France are seen along the shoreline with the multistoried British offices in the grove at the base of the peak. Further left is the four pointed tower of St. John's Cathedral, still standing today. Off to the right the view expands to show the mountains extending into Guangzhou (Canton) and Guangdong province.
Date circa 1855
date QS:P,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Vallejo Gallery
Author AnonymousUnknown author

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