1850年武汉城市人口达500到800万，是世界最大都市，是上海人口的10倍以上
发表于 ： 周二 12月 20, 2022 7:05 pm
美国百科全书表示1850年太平天国动乱前武汉三城人口超五百万。同样的美国百科全书表示1873年上海的人口估计也就在25-32万，租界人口8万，所以总量不会超过40万，1850年时上海的人口更少。所以，1850年时的武汉城市人口是上海城市人口的最起码10倍以上。
By Encyclopedia Britannica Volume XI 1905 and American Encyclopedia 1885.
Description
This section is from "The American Cyclopaedia", by George Ripley And
Charles A. Dana. Also available from Amazon: The New American Cyclopæ
dia. 16 volumes complete..
Hankow
Hankow , a city of China, in the province of Hupeh, on the Yangtse-kiang,
470 m. W. of Shanghai; pop. estimated at 800,000. The river Han, which hero
falls into the Yangtse, separates Hankow from Hanyang, and opposite both, on
the other bank of the Yangtse, is Wo-chang, the capital of Hupeh. These
three towns are said to have had, before they were almost wholly destroyed
by the Taepings, an aggregate population of 5,000,000. In consequence of its
flourishing trade, Hankow is now again one of the first commercial cities
of the Chinese empire, and in particular the centre of the commerce of the
provinces of Hupeh, Ho-nan, Sechuen, and Kweichow. It is one of the treaty
ports opened to foreign commerce. Two regular lines of steamships connect it
with Shanghai. For the trade with Russia, Hankow is next to Tientsin the
most important place. The imports in 1871 were valued at $187,000, the
exports at $5,112,000. The most important articles of export are tea, China
grass, hemp, tobacco, and rhubarb; the most important articles of import are
Russian cloth and velvets.
The number of vessels entering the port in 1869 was 286, tonnage 185,226;
cleared, 350, tonnage 191,088.
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By Encyclopedia Britannica Volume XI 1905 and American Encyclopedia 1885.
Description
This section is from "The American Cyclopaedia", by George Ripley And
Charles A. Dana. Also available from Amazon: The New American Cyclopæ
dia. 16 volumes complete..
Hankow
Hankow , a city of China, in the province of Hupeh, on the Yangtse-kiang,
470 m. W. of Shanghai; pop. estimated at 800,000. The river Han, which hero
falls into the Yangtse, separates Hankow from Hanyang, and opposite both, on
the other bank of the Yangtse, is Wo-chang, the capital of Hupeh. These
three towns are said to have had, before they were almost wholly destroyed
by the Taepings, an aggregate population of 5,000,000. In consequence of its
flourishing trade, Hankow is now again one of the first commercial cities
of the Chinese empire, and in particular the centre of the commerce of the
provinces of Hupeh, Ho-nan, Sechuen, and Kweichow. It is one of the treaty
ports opened to foreign commerce. Two regular lines of steamships connect it
with Shanghai. For the trade with Russia, Hankow is next to Tientsin the
most important place. The imports in 1871 were valued at $187,000, the
exports at $5,112,000. The most important articles of export are tea, China
grass, hemp, tobacco, and rhubarb; the most important articles of import are
Russian cloth and velvets.
The number of vessels entering the port in 1869 was 286, tonnage 185,226;
cleared, 350, tonnage 191,088.
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