COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354432A
identifier
3687800354432A
Barcode
false
Title:
Hong Kong extension : reproduction of the map attached to the Convention between Great Britain and China signed at Peking on the 9th of June 1898.
title
Hong Kong extension : reproduction of the map attached to the Convention between Great Britain and China signed at Peking on the 9th of June 1898.
Title
false
Contributor:
L.L. Poates Engr'g Co., printer
contributor
L.L. Poates Engr'g Co., printer
Contributor
false
Category:
General Maps
category
General Maps
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Language:
Chinese
language
Chinese
Language
false
Create Year:
[1921]
date
[1921]
Create Year
false
Page No.:
5
description
5
Page No.
false
Scale:
Scale indeterminable.
scale
Scale indeterminable.
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
31 x 24 cm, on sheet 39 x 30 cm
obj_height_cm
31 x 24 cm, on sheet 39 x 30 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
The map is a reproduction of the one attached to the Convention between the United Kingdom and China, Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory, commonly known as the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory or the Second Convention of Peking. This Convention was a lease signed between Qing China and the United Kingdom on 9 June 1898. After China's defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), the British took advantage of other European powers' to force the treaty on the weakened Chinese government. Between 6 March and 8 April 1898, the German government forced the Qing Empire into a 99-year lease of the Kiautschou Bay concession for a coaling station around Jiaozhou Bay on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula, to support a German global naval presence in direct opposition to the British network of global naval bases. This initiated a series of similar lease treaties with other European powers. In order to maintain the balance of powers, Britain pressures the Qing Empire into allowing the expansion of Hong Kong for 200 miles. The contract was signed to give the British full jurisdiction of the newly acquired land. Under the convention the territories north of Boundary Street and south of Sham Chun River, and the surrounding islands were leased to the United Kingdom for 99 years rent-free, expiring on 30 June 1997 becoming part of the colony of Hong Kong.
note
The map is a reproduction of the one attached to the Convention between the United Kingdom and China, Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory, commonly known as the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory or the Second Convention of Peking. This Convention was a lease signed between Qing China and the United Kingdom on 9 June 1898. After China's defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), the British took advantage of other European powers' to force the treaty on the weakened Chinese government. Between 6 March and 8 April 1898, the German government forced the Qing Empire into a 99-year lease of the Kiautschou Bay concession for a coaling station around Jiaozhou Bay on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula, to support a German global naval presence in direct opposition to the British network of global naval bases. This initiated a series of similar lease treaties with other European powers. In order to maintain the balance of powers, Britain pressures the Qing Empire into allowing the expansion of Hong Kong for 200 miles. The contract was signed to give the British full jurisdiction of the newly acquired land. Under the convention the territories north of Boundary Street and south of Sham Chun River, and the surrounding islands were leased to the United Kingdom for 99 years rent-free, expiring on 30 June 1997 becoming part of the colony of Hong Kong.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a printed map.
note
Original is a printed map.
Note
false
Note:
On the left bottom corner of the map: "L.L. Poates Co. N.Y."
note
On the left bottom corner of the map: "L.L. Poates Co. N.Y."
Note
false
Note:
Scale line in miles on the bottom right corner of the map.
note
Scale line in miles on the bottom right corner of the map.
Note
false
Note:
Map outlined in double fillet.
note
Map outlined in double fillet.
Note
false
Note:
Title and legend in English with some place names and latitude and longitude degrees in Chinese.
note
Title and legend in English with some place names and latitude and longitude degrees in Chinese.
Note
false
Subject:
China
subject
China
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
Lamma Island (Hong Kong)
geographic_area
Lamma Island (Hong Kong)
Geographic Area
false
Relation Note:
Vol. 1, [pl. 5]
relation
Vol. 1, [pl. 5]
Relation Note
false
Pub Title:
Treaties and agreements with and concerning China : 1894-1919
pub_title
Treaties and agreements with and concerning China : 1894-1919
Pub Title
false
Pub Author:
MacMurray, John Van Antwerp, 1881-1960.
pub_author
MacMurray, John Van Antwerp, 1881-1960.
Pub Author
false
Pub Year:
1921
pub_year
1921
Pub Year
false
Pub location:
New York
pub_location
New York
Pub location
false
Provenance:
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
source
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
http://id.bnportugal.gov.pt/bib/catbnp/430625
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
H.G. 19138 V.
original_call_no
H.G. 19138 V.
Provenance Call No.
false
MUST holding:
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MUST holding
false