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*[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] | *[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] | ||
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/galleries/72157635493252652/ Photographs: British Shanghai], one of DBHKer’s galleries on flickr.com | *[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/galleries/72157635493252652/ Photographs: British Shanghai], one of DBHKer’s galleries on flickr.com | ||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00wriguoft ''Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China''] by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org | |||
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Revision as of 12:56, 5 January 2015
| 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
- 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
- Photographs: British Shanghai, one of DBHKer’s galleries on flickr.com
Historical books online
- Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org