An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in Macao, Volume 1Many of the the major figures (British, European and American) during the turbulent events leading to the Opium War are buried in the Old Protestant Cemetery in Macao. The stories told by the inscriptions on the 160 gravestones there form Macao and Hong Kong's heritage. |
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Trade after the Company | 20 |
At Sea | 28 |
Life Ashore | 43 |
Death | 58 |
SECTION | 71 |
The Entries | 77 |
The Stones in the Wall | 265 |
Chronology | 273 |
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