Continuing with my tales about ‘the bravest of the braves’, let me share a few interesting snippets to reinforce the legend of a Johnny Gorkha. While many of these are apocryphal tales they do give us a glimpse of how the world views this breed of warriors at large. It is true that an act of bravery requires a certain degree of stupidity and a wee bit of insanity; or else, why would any rational person ever want to put his own life in peril voluntarily or deliberately, right? But, Gorkhas are neither stupid nor insane, that I can vouch for; they are simply brave.
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Carta de la Costa y Mar de China comprendida entre el Cabo Batangan y el Canal de Formosa con parte de la Isla de Luzon, segun los trabajos mas recientes macionales y estrangeros.
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A rare 1869
Direccion Hidrografía nautical chart or maritime map detailing the China coast and the South China Sea from, roughly, Hong Kong and Macao south to Hue (Vietnam) and Luzon (the Philippines), thus embracing a highly-trafficked and critical trade and strategic channel in the 19th century (as today). The map focuses heavily on coastal maritime routes, but pushes inland along major river arteries, including a detailed mapping of the Pearl River Delta as far as Canton (Guangzhou). In Vietnam, several factorias antiguas are noted, underscoring early European trade activity.
China s Old Summer Palace starts new round of cultural relic restoration
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Archaeologists restore cultural relics unearthed from the Old Summer Palace on December 24, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Beijing s Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace, has launched the third phase of its restoration project, Restoration 1860, to repair broken cultural relics.
Archaeologists started with restoring 24 cultural relics unearthed from Xiyang Lou, also known as Western Mansions, a European-style garden of marble monuments and glaze decorations. The worn appearance of glazed tiles and other decorative elements still reflect the colors from within, revealing the glory of the destroyed garden.
The relics include colored glaze pieces and a blue bowl with a dragon and phoenix made during the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722). They first repaired the missing parts and then wore them out so that the cultural relics look antiquated.
You might not find this one in history textbooks.
Here s What You Need to Know: Korea would not finally establish a treaty with the United States until 1882.
Seventy-nine years before American troops launched the landing operation at Inchon during the Korean War, U.S. troops were involved in another amphibious assault in that corner of Korea. The Korean Expedition of 1871 sought to open trade with the insular Asian nation and avenge the destruction of an American ship crewed by kidnappers and pirates. Fifteen American sailors and marines won the Medal of Honor in the brief war, the first such medals awarded for service overseas. Though their actions were skillfully executed, the lamentable political context of the conflict may explain why their deeds are not exactly celebrated in the history textbooks.
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