Difference between revisions of "Shanghai"
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Shanghai History of Shanghai] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Shanghai History of Shanghai] Wikipedia<br> | ||
| + | *Graham Earnshaw's [http://web.archive.org/web/20081222072026/http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/tales.htm Tales of Old Shanghai], now an archived website. Includes | ||
| + | **[http://web.archive.org/web/20090221131015/http://earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-library.htm Online Library] | ||
| + | **[http://web.archive.org/web/20081212024808/http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-oldmap.htm Maps] | ||
| + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20120425051943/http://yangziman.blog.com/2011/10/04/shanghais-lost-foreigner-cemeteries/ Shanghai’s Lost Foreigner Cemeteries] by Eric N. Danielson 10 April 2011 from his website [http://web.archive.org/web/20120616084651/http://yangziman.blog.com YangziMan: Adventures in China], now an archived website. | ||
| + | *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2405371 Bubbling Well Road Cemetery] Find A Grave. List of names. | ||
| + | *[http://www.virtualshanghai.net/Asset/Preview/dbImage_ID-1834_No-1.jpeg Photograph: Bubbling Well Cemetery, Shanghai] from [http://www.virtualshanghai.net/Photos/Images?ID=1834 www.virtualshanghai.net] | ||
| + | *[http://visualisingchina.net/blog/2012/03/13/b-is-for-bubbling-well-road-shanghai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%AC%E8%A5%BF%E8%B7%AF%E8%80%81%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87/ B is for … Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai] by Robert Bickers March 13, 2012 from the University of Bristol’s [http://visualisingchina.net/blog/about/ Visualising China Blog] | ||
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Revision as of 05:28, 19 October 2013
| Shanghai | |
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| Coordinates: | 31.202462°N, 121.49743°E |
| Altitude: | 4 m (13 ft) |
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| Place Name: | Shanghai |
| State/Province: | Shanghai Metropolitan Area |
| Country: | China |
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Shanghai, the largest centre of commerce and finance in China, is situated at the mouth of the Yangtse River. First opened as a treaty port following the 1st China War, it became a multinational business hub by the 1930s.
History
Capture of Shanghai 1842
Battle of Shanghai 1860
Records
- University of Bristol has various information, including a number of useful databases, on its website which may assist in the search for European ancestors. These databases include a searchable named index of Chinese probates, cemetery information and directory extracts.
External links
- History of Shanghai Wikipedia
- Graham Earnshaw's Tales of Old Shanghai, now an archived website. Includes
- Shanghai’s Lost Foreigner Cemeteries by Eric N. Danielson 10 April 2011 from his website YangziMan: Adventures in China, now an archived website.
- Bubbling Well Road Cemetery Find A Grave. List of names.
- Photograph: Bubbling Well Cemetery, Shanghai from www.virtualshanghai.net
- B is for … Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai by Robert Bickers March 13, 2012 from the University of Bristol’s Visualising China Blog
