N/A. English: YOKOHAMA. … At the end of the third year from the opening of the Port the foreign community numbered 126; from that time, however, it has multiplied considerably. On the 26th November 1866, Yokohama, which had progressed since its establishment in 1859 with a healthfulness and rapidity its most sanguine well-wishers could hardly have foreseen, was visited by a calamitous fire, which swept away a large portion of the Native town and about one-third of the Foreign settlement, destroying insured property to the amount of two million and-a-half of dollars, besides a great deal that w
N/A. English: YOKOHAMA. … At the end of the third year from the opening of the Port the foreign community numbered 126; from that time, however, it has multiplied considerably. On the 26th November 1866, Yokohama, which had progressed since its establishment in 1859 with a healthfulness and rapidity its most sanguine well-wishers could hardly have foreseen, was visited by a calamitous fire, which swept away a large portion of the Native town and about one-third of the Foreign settlement, destroying insured property to the amount of two million and-a-half of dollars, besides a great deal that was uninsured; and, for a short time staggered its energies. Within one year however it has, notwithstanding a time of unprecedented commercial depression, gradually recovered; and may now be said to promise a steadiness of advance, which will, in all probability lead to its eventually being the most substantial sea-port town in the Japanese empire. between 1863 and early 1870s. Felice Beato (1832–1909) Alternative names Felix Beato Description Italian photographer, journalist, war photographer and photojournalist Date of birth/death 1832 (or perhaps as late as 1834) 29 January 1909 (or perhaps as early as 1907) Location of birth/death Venice, Austria-Hungary Florence, Italy Work period 19th century Authority control : Q318352 VIAF:95698883 ISNI:0000 0001 1798 1448 LCCN:n85044155 Oxford Dict.:41130 GND:118987186 WorldCat 39 45 Yokohama crosssection
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Keywords: ., /., 1863, 1870s., beato, early, felice, , (1832–19
