Charles Eillot : british naval officer became the first administrator of Hong kong in 1841
William Ewart Gladstone will later be the prime minister of UK 4 separate times
“ a war more unjust in its origin, a war more culculated in its progress to cover this country with permanent disgrace, I don’t know”
Nemesis launched in 1839, the Chinese referred to her as the “devil ship”
the very first rocket fired from the Nemesis was seen to enter the large junk against which it was directed. near that of the admiral, and almost the instant afterwards it blew up with a terrific explosion. launching into eternity every soul and board, and pouring forth its blaze like the mighty rush of fire from a volcano.
treaty of Nanking : treaty between UK and China to mark the end of the opium war.