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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> | ||
*[http://www.virtualshanghai.net Virtual Shanghai] is a project of an academic partnership whose project director Christian Henriot is at the Institut d'Asie Orientale, University of Lyon. Includes Maps, Images, E books and papers including | |||
**[http://www.virtualshanghai.net/Texts/Articles?ID=80 "The Colonial Space of Death in Shanghai (1844-1949)"] by Christian Henriot 2007 | |||
*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 | *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/20090221131015/http://earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-library.htm Online Library] | ||
Revision as of 05:52, 19 October 2013
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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
- Virtual Shanghai is a project of an academic partnership whose project director Christian Henriot is at the Institut d'Asie Orientale, University of Lyon. Includes Maps, Images, E books and papers including
- "The Colonial Space of Death in Shanghai (1844-1949)" by Christian Henriot 2007
- 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
