Hope Island

Hope Island (50˚55'00" 127˚54'00" W of Nigei I, off N tip of Vancouver I). Rear Adm Sir James Hope (1808–81) was cdr-in-chief of the RN’s China Station, 1859–62, during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese (or Opium) War. He led a failed attack in 1859 on Chinese defensive positions near Tianjin while trying to deliver European ambassadors to Beijing. The following year, as part of a stronger force, he subdued Tianjin and helped an Anglo-French invasion force capture the Chinese capital. In 1863, Hope...

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