The Opium Wars -- Cutty Sark, Greenwich Pier, London, UK
N 51° 28.964 W 000° 00.561
30U E 707646 N 5707750
A panel in the hold of the famous tea clipper ship Cutty Sark explains how Opium mixed (or, depending on your perspective, didn't mix) with tea.
Waymark Code: WMT3DF
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/18/2016
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The Cutty Sark was a famous Tea Clipper Ship, famed for her speed during the fast-ship days on the late 19th century.
This historic marker is located in a tea industry and shipping-history exhibit below decks of the Cutty Sark. The waymark coordinates are taken at the entrance to the Cutty Sark, which is a paid attraction on the Greenwich Pier.
The historic marker reads as follows:
"THE OPIUM WARS
Up to 1842, China exported its tea through Guangdong and Macau, taking payment in silver. To recoup some of the silver, the British smuggled opium into China. When the Chinese authorities resisted, the British fought two wars (1839-1843, and 1856-1860) seizing Hong Kong and forcing other ports to be opened up to foreign trade."
Type of Historic Marker: panel
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Royal Greenwich Museums
Age/Event Date: 01/01/1839
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