Telegram annotated by Sir Frederick William Maze, 1933.

A Telegram annotated by Sir Frederick William Maze, 1933 I. G. International Trustee about some of the history of China including The Treaty of Nanking which was a peace treaty which ended the First Opium War and the survival nof Manchu Dynasty due to the achievments of Hart and Li.

Formerly MAZ/5

Administrative / biographical background
Hart proposed and helped minister Li Hongzhang purchase the first two steel-plated warships, which led to the founding of the Qing government’s Beiyang Navy.

Record Details

Item reference: MAZ/1/6; MAZ/5 MS1979/165
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1933 - ?; 1933-02-21
Creator: Maze, Frederick William
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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