Tianjin in 1887

Date August 30, 2007

This is an illustration of the Chinese city of Tianjin done about 1887 for the book “The Evangelisation of the World” by Benjamin Broomhall. The bestseller book created such a stir that even Queen Victoria had to buy a copy to see what all of the excitement was about.

 (HT: B. E. York)

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