LEE YU & Co. ANTIQUE CRAFTSMAN CARPENTERS 4 DRAWER WOODEN TOOL BOX ANTIQUE.

Description: LEE YU & Co. ANTIQUE CRAFTSMAN CARPENTERS 4 DRAWER WOODEN TOOL BOX ANTIQUE.. Height 12.5” Depth 12” Width 24” PLEASE SEE PHOTOS WHICH HELP FORM ITEM DESCRIPTION THIS IS AN ANTIQUE ITEM A LITTLE HISTORIC WOODWORM. IF YOU REQUIRE ANY FURTHER MEASUREMENTS OR PHOTOS BEFORE PURCHASING THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW ABOUT WEIHAIWEI Weihaiwei or Wei-hai-wei on the northeastern coast of China, was a leased territory of the United Kingdom from 1898 until 1930. The capital was Port Edward, which lay in what is now the centre of Huancui District in the city of Weihai in the province of Shandong. The leased territory covered 288 square miles (750 km2)and included the walled city of Weihaiwei, Port Edward just to the north, Weihaiwei Bay, Liu-kung Island and a mainland area of 72 miles (116 km) of coastline running to a depth of 10 miles (16 km) inland, an area roughly coterminous with the Huancui District of modern Weihai City. Together with Lüshunkou (Port Arthur) it controlled the entrance to the Bohai Sea and, thus, the seaward approaches to Beijing. Weihaiwei was a seaport in Shantung province, northeast China at the eastern end of a peninsula on the north coast, 40 miles east of Chefoo and on the southern shore of the Strait of Pohai. It was a naval base, ship-repairing center, fishing port; providing a good harbour protected by Liu-Kung Island. The Chinese fleet was destroyed here by the Japanese in 1895 and the port was occupied by Japanese 1895-98. The Japanese had been forced to revoke their occupation of nearby Port Arthur by the combined intervention of France, Germany and Russia in 1895. Russia later coerced a lease from China to construct a railway line across the Liaodong Railway. This growing Russian involvement in the region was a major spur to the British to become involved and request a treaty port of her own at Weihaiwei. The strategic rationale was that it could be used as a naval base and would allow Britain to quickly respond to any further Russian territorial ambitions. It also cemented a growing friendship with the Japanese who were also suspicious at Russian growing strength in an area it felt was of strategic concern of their own. In 1902 Britain and Japan would sign the Anglo-Japanese Treaty and in 1904 - 1905 the Japanese would defeat Russia in the Russo-Japanese War with Britain helping to ensure that no other powers became involved in support of their new Japanese Ally. Weihaiwei was returned to China in 1930.

Price: 350 GBP

Location: Southampton

End Time: 2024-09-30T15:40:59.000Z

Shipping Cost: 111.91 GBP