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1. 1 2019-11-18T17:22:58-05:00 Kate McDonald 306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f The Jardine-Matheson Global Network Kandra Polatis 19 A path through the Jardine-Matheson global network splash 5235 2020-08-14T19:28:57-04:00 1832-1838 Peter D. Thilly Kandra Polatis 4decfc04157f6073c75cc53dcab9d25e87c02133

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• 1 2020-07-18T12:27:11-04:00 Introducing the Source 25 Introducing the Jardine-Matheson Company and Archive plain 2021-03-09T13:04:28-05:00 Peter D. Thilly

  Jardine-Matheson & Company was founded in 1832 by the Scottish merchants William Jardine and James Matheson. Upon the dissolution of the British East India Company's monopoly over the China trade in 1834, Jardine-Matheson quickly became the most important firm in the opium trade between India and China. The company archive is currently held at the University of Cambridge library in the United Kingdom.

  The structure of this path differs significantly from The Case Against Shi Hou. Where the first path is a relatively linear navigation through a single legal case about a collection of Chinese opium traders, this path recreates the global network that a British firm created and adapted in order to pursue profits in the opium business. The next page includes a map and menu that enable visitors to circumvent the linear path format and pursue their own unique journeys through the network.

  Spatial History Questions for the Jardine-Matheson Global Network

  What is the spatiality of profit for a company with this kind of a global network? How did the Jardine-Matheson company managers and opium ship captains make their money?

  What discrete physical spaces (boats, bays, buildings, towns) were important to the operation and evolution of the Jardine-Matheson Company? What are the different ways one could evaluate the significance of spaces like the opium receiving ships, Shenhu Bay, and Macao?

  How did environment and physical geography influence the company's operations and methods of seeking profit? How did Jardine-Matheson manipulate time and distance to their advantage, whether in terms of acquiring opium, selling opium, or selling insurance on opium?

  This portion of the module is an ideal place to consider the concept of "space as process." What different connections and transformations can we document as arising through the actions of the people involved in the Jardine-Matheson Global Network? How did William Jardine, James Matheson, John Rees and the other actors described in this path build and transform different geographies of profit?

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• 1 2019-11-18T17:22:58-05:00 The Receiving Ship System 37 The Receiving Ship System google_maps 2021-02-02T09:33:59-05:00 22.40468, 113.80462 22.39706, 113.63021 22.28973, 113.94126 22.4142, 113.91534 23.43193, 117.09911 24.4167, 118.12743 24.35603, 118.15146 24.60943, 118.45738 24.52075, 118.56243 24.63106, 118.66553 24.66804, 118.67326 24.84062, 118.70554 24.82504, 118.76116 24.87738, 118.89505 25.03177, 119.05092 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:23:01-05:00 Experts in the Jardine-Matheson Network 23 Experts in the Jardine-Matheson Network plain 2021-01-27T09:55:24-05:00 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:22:56-05:00 Chimmo (Shenhu) Bay 22 An opium depot on the China coast located between Xiamen and Quanzhou. plain 2021-01-27T10:27:15-05:00 24.65121, 118.67546 1836-01-18 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2020-07-14T13:35:43-04:00 Lascars and Manilamen 20 The laboring people who worked on the Jardine-Matheson ships plain 2021-01-28T09:31:35-05:00 4.69513, 96.74939 15.29932, 74.12399 -6.16519, 39.19891 -4.04347, 39.6682 11.12712, 78.65689 22.57264, 88.36389 5.41413, 100.32875 14.59951, 120.98421 24.47983, 118.08942 23.6567, 116.62275 22.19874, 113.54387 12.78549, 45.01865 Lascars Peter D. Thilly
• 1 media/redRover.Cropped.jpg 2019-11-18T17:22:56-05:00 Calcutta (Kolkata) 18 Calcutta was the site of auction for Bengal opium from the Patna and Benares regions. plain 2021-01-28T09:37:50-05:00 22.57264, 88.36389 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:22:59-05:00 Lintin 18 A description of Lintin, the primary opium depot in the Pearl River Delta. plain 2021-01-28T09:33:42-05:00 22.40548, 113.81159 1820-1839 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:23:00-05:00 The Rees Brothers: Big and Little Li 17 John and Thomas Rees, aka Big and Little Li, competing opium merchants plain 2021-01-27T09:48:41-05:00 24.65121, 118.67546 01/21/1836 1836-05-17 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:22:56-05:00 Canton (Guangzhou) 17 The foreign factories at Canton were key sites for negotiation between British firms and Chinese merchants plain 2021-01-27T10:32:36-05:00 23.11997, 113.22799 Guangzhou, Canton, China Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:22:59-05:00 Singapore 15 Singapore was the key point of transshipment between India and China plain 2021-01-28T09:36:45-05:00 1.35376, 103.8625 1836/2/26 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:22:59-05:00 Macao 14 Macao was a central location for Anglo-Chinese networking in the opium trade plain 2021-01-27T19:08:45-05:00 22.19972, 113.54638 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 media/10_-_hands_shaking_with_euro_bank_notes_inside_handshake_-_royalty_free,_without_copyright,_public_domain_photo_image_01.jpeg 2019-11-18T17:22:57-05:00 Corruption and Bribery 13 Jardine-Matheson sources regarding corruption and bribery in the opium trade plain 2021-01-27T10:08:20-05:00 24.65121, 118.67546 1835-1838 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:22:59-05:00 Malwa 12 Malwa was an alternate site of opium production in India, competing with BEIC product from Patna and Benares. plain 2021-01-28T09:22:34-05:00 22.71956, 75.85772 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:22:55-05:00 Bombay (Mumbai) 12 Bombay was the site of auction for Malwa opium bound for China. plain 2021-01-28T09:40:14-05:00 19.07598, 72.87765 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:22:59-05:00 London 11 London was the political and financial center of Jardine-Matheson's operations plain 2021-01-28T09:25:06-05:00 51.50735, -0.12775 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2020-07-22T12:21:35-04:00 Brokers and Middlemen 11 Jardine-Matheson sources on local Chinese brokers and middlemen plain 2021-01-27T09:53:57-05:00 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:22:59-05:00 Patna 10 A description of opium production in Patna, India plain 2021-01-28T09:14:17-05:00 25.59409, 85.13756 Peter D. Thilly
• 1 2019-11-18T17:22:55-05:00 Benares (Varanasi) 10 Benares (Varanasi) was one of the primary opium growing regions supplying the Calcutta opium market. plain 2021-01-28T09:16:59-05:00 25.31764, 82.97391 Peter D. Thilly