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-Cui Bono?-
an from:
British Trade and the Opening of China 181842
Michael breenberg
Cambridge University Press
Carlyle Press 1951
Cambridge University Press 1969
SBN 52100777405
238 pps. Reprint Out-of-print
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APPENDIX II. JARDINE MATHESON & CO
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http://www.jardine-matheson.com/ourgroup.html
1832
Jardine, Matheson & Co. formed in Canton by two Scottish merchant venturers,
William Jardine and James Matheson.
1836
James Matheson plays a major role in the founding of Hong Kong.
1840s
Jardines purchases first plots of land