In the three years from 1869 to the beginning of 1872, the Englishman John Thomson (the first Western photographer to photograph and spread China most widely, later known as the "Marco Polo" of the photography world) set off from Fujian via Hong Kong, from the coast to the inland, from the south to the north, his footprints to most of China, not only photographing the scenery and architecture along the way, but also recording the living conditions of a large number of late Qing dynasty officials and ordinary people from the perspective of the popular anthropology in Britain. From high-ranking Qing court officials such as Prince Gong Yixuan and Li Hongzhang, to street peddlers and even beggars hiding in tombs, the extremely valuable humanistic images left for China in the mid-to-late 19th century remain.
This group of old photographs of Macau was taken in 1869.
Macau Overlook (Nam Van)
Macau fishing boats
street
Ruins of St. Paul's
A cemetery
A garden full of trees and lots of reliefs