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A Sea of Symbols
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water transport: cargo vessel: clipper
water transport: cargo vessel: clipper, opium
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water transport: unknown function: junk
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Smith, Michael ?
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Chinese junk with elaborate living quarters on deck, and a covered sampan in the foreground (Drawing)
Chinese junk with wooden structure on the deck, a sampan in foreground (Drawing)
Chinese junk with an elaborately painted stern and official ? flags flying, a sampan in the foreground (Drawing)
Chinese junk and a sampan (Drawing)
Chinese junk with single sail, and a sampan in the foreground (Drawing)
The ship Caduceus off Hong Kong (Painting)
The barque 'Gauntlet' (Painting)
The ship Cilurnum (Painting)
Shipping in the Pearl River off Canton (Painting)
The ship 'Troas' (Painting)
The aircraft carrier HMS 'Hermes' (Painting)
The ship 'Kenilworth' (Painting)
The cableship Recorder (Painting)
The 'coolie' ship 'Volga II' (Painting)
The steamship Machaon (Painting)
A clipper in Chinese waters (Painting)
Woosung (Painting)
The ship Astoria (Painting)
Trial of Four British Seamen at Canton, 1 October 1807: Scene Outside the Court (Painting)
A trading junk (Painting)
The barque Geelong (Painting)
The clipper Erin's Isle (Painting)
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