An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in MacaoHong Kong University Press, 1996 - 304 páginas Many of the the major figures (British, European and American) during the turbulent events leading to the Opium War are buried in the Old Protestant Cemetery in Macao. The stories told by the inscriptions on the 160 gravestones there form Macao and Hong Kong's heritage. |
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SECTION | 1 |
The Company and the China Trade | 7 |
Trade after the Company | 20 |
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