EU: an open expanse of water to Taku Fort, John Thomson (1871)
1871 Tainan, Taiwan
This 1871 photograph by John Thomson captures a broad stretch of water leading toward Taku Fort on the Formosan coast near Tainan, Taiwan, part of his pioneering photographic survey of the island during his travels through East Asia.
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