Peter Berhard Wilhelm Heine (background) and Eliphalet M. Brown (figures)
Title
English: Jurong River, Singapore.
Description
English: A lithograph made during the Perry Expedition depicting Chinese coolies at the kangkar (river base) of the Sungei Jurong (Jurong River) in Singapore. Gambier and pepper plantations are shown in the background.
Date
circa 1856
date QS:P571,+1856-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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