Maritime Asia Seminar Visits “Trading in Canton” Exhibit at Peabody Essex Museum, Salem

  • By: Jillian Nichols
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The class at Salem station.

On October 24, 2017, the members of the seminar HI 482 “History of Maritime Asia” (Instructor Prof. Eugenio Menegon; Students: Viminta Apimanchindakul; Drake Becka; Austin Coyne; Qianqi Feng; Tristan Hamilton; Caleb Ho; Tyler Joachim; Sung Jin Kim; Jiacheng Liu; Alexander Pramer; Melanie Rabin; Ao Shen; Katarina Stewart; Mengzi Yang; Yuncheng Zhang) visited the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem as part of a session on the history of New England’s early trade relations with Asia. Among the highlights was a visit, led by Asian Export Art Curator Dr. Karina Corrigan, of the “Trading in Guangzhou/Canton” gallery, containing artifacts early Salem traders brought back from China in the 18th and 19th centuries. The trip was concluded by a convivial dinner in Boston’s Chinatown, and was generously supported by a CAS Academic Enhancement Fund grant.

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Students in the “Trading in Guangzhou/Canton” gallery.
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Magic lantern room at the Peabody Essex Museum, by Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha.
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The Foreign Trade Factories in Canton, early 19th century painting.
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The class on the train to Salem.

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