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In 1838, three ships are caught in a raging storm in the Andaman Sea: the Anahita, owned by Bahram Modi, a Parsi opium trader from Bombay; the Redruth, owned by Fitcher Penrose, on an expedition to collect rare species of plants from China; and the Ibis (from the previous novel Sea of Poppies), carrying convicts and indentured labourers.
The Apothecary Diaries is a Japanese light novel series written by Natsu Hyūga [] and illustrated by Touko Shino. Originally, the series was only published by Natsu Hyūga on the user-generated web novel site Shōsetsuka ni Narō in October 2011.
She had a length of 184 feet (56 m), a beam of 29 feet (8.8 m), a draught of 6 feet (1.8 m) when full of coal and less than 5 ft when laden with less, and a burthen of 660 tons. [1] [2] She was powered by two sixty horsepower Forrester engines. [9] She was armed with two pivot-mounted 32-pounder and four 6-pounder guns.
Depiction of British opium ships off the coast of China in 1824 by William John Huggins.This period of history provides the inspiration for the Ibis trilogy.. The Ibis trilogy is set to the backdrop of the opium trade in China during the 1830s, which was causing widespread addiction in the country, but was a lucrative endeavour for British and American merchants.
"The Opening to China Part II: the Second Opium War, the United States, and the Treaty of Tianjin, 1857–1859". Office of the Historian. US Department of State; Waley, Arthur (1958). The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes. London: George Allen & Unwin. Wong, J. Y. (2002). Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China. Cambridge ...
The Bengal Volunteers were embarked on board the Enterprise while nine boats filled with marines and seamen followed in the wake of the other ships. [9] The Hyacinth and Larne , accompanied by the cutter Louisa and Enterprise , having seamen and marines of the Druid with Bengal Volunteers on board, attacked the barrier. [ 10 ]
The ships depicted include the British merchantman Eugenia and the brig Jamesina, and an American ship which may be the brig Cadet, as well as several local Junks. Source/Photographer Sotheby's
A garrison force of 550 men, mostly from the 18th, and three ships — the Druid, Pylades, and the Algerine— were left moored at Gulangyu to defend Xiamen. [ 7 ] Commander John Elliot Bingham (late first lieutenant of HMS Modeste ) wrote a detailed first-hand account of the battle from a British perspective.