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![[VOL II] CANTON BARGEMEN FIGHTING QUAILS](https://arclumiva.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/canton-bargemen-fighting-quails-guangzhou-guangdong-china-drawn-by-t-allom-engraved-by-augsfox-2X55N16.jpg)
[VOL II] CANTON BARGEMEN FIGHTING QUAILS
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CANTON BARGEMEN FIGHTING QUAILS Cover Image: Canton Bargemen fighting Quails / GuangZhou GuangDong China / Drawn by T. Allom Engraved by Augs.Fox – ALAMY Image ID:2X55N16 *People raised quails, with a primary focus on raising male quails for cockfighting, as a leisure activity in ancient China. “He knows his fault, he feels, he views,Detesting…
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![[VOL I] BRITISH ENCAMPMENT ON IRGAO-SHAN](https://arclumiva.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/british-encampment-on-irgao-shan-chusan-dinghai-zhoushan-zhejiang-china-drawn-by-tallom-engraved-by-jcbentley-2X3H91G.jpg)
[VOL I] BRITISH ENCAMPMENT ON IRGAO-SHAN
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BRITISH ENCAMPMENT ON IRGAO-SHAN, CHUSAN Cover Image: British Encampment on Irgao-Shan, Chusan / DingHai ZhouShan ZheJiang / China Drawn by T.Allom Engraved by J.C.Bentley – ALAMY Image ID:2X3H91G Image ID:2X3H91H *In the First Opium War, shortly after the first Battle of Dinghai on July 5-6, 1840, British forces first occupied Dinghai County (now Zhoushan…
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![[VOL I] APARTMENT IN A MANDARIN’S HOUSE, NEAR NANKING](https://arclumiva.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/apartment-in-a-mandarins-house-near-nanking-nanjing-jiangsu-china-drawn-by-tallom-engraved-by-wwetherhead-2X3H90R.jpg)
[VOL I] APARTMENT IN A MANDARIN’S HOUSE, NEAR NANKING
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APARTMENT IN A MANDARIN’S HOUSE, NEAR NANKING Cover Image: Chapel in the Great Temple, Macao / Macao China / Drawn by Unknown Engraved by M.J.Starling – ALAMY Image ID:2X3H90R *This illustrates the households of China’s upper-class bureaucrats and their servants. Cease, western islander, nor rudely callBarbarian, yonder gentle family.What boasts thy proud saloon, or…