April 1847. View of the Bay of Victoria, Hong-Kong, and part of the Military Cantonment

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 07:58

Cover page detail of

Operations in the Canton River
in April 1847
under the joint command of
Major General D'Aguilar, C.B.
and
Captain McDougall of the Royal Navy

From drawings made on the spot by Lieut. Martin
42 Madras Native Infantry, Acting Engineer

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Original at: http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/139083.html

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Date picture taken

1 Apr 1847

Comments

Thanks to 80skid for finding

Thanks to 80skid for finding this and Annelise for posting.

Looking at the 1845 map of the area (http://gwulo.com/1845_map_hong_kong), I guess the artist was in the higher (further south) of the two buildings marked "Bungalow Officers Qrs.". Perhaps that's where Lt. Martin was living at the time?

The location today looks to be up the top of Hong Kong Park, near the Tai Chi Garden.

Regards, David

Would the little hill in the

Would the little hill in the foreground be Scandal Point ?

I don't think the hill in the

I don't think the hill in the foreground was Scandal Point. From other maps, it was further east and on a similar level to Flagstaff House. See:

http://gwulo.com/scandal-point