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Shanghai "Bund", ca. 1860
caption reads: Centre of the "Bund", Shanghai
The Bund is an embankment along the Huangpu River in Shanghai settled and developed by Europeans during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is now primarily a financial district.
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Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal, Agra, India, built 1632-1648 by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
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first American Board missionaries The ordination of the first missionaries from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions -- Adoniram Judson, Gordon Hall, Samuel Nott, Samuel Newell, and Luther Rice in Tabernacle Church in Salem, Mass., February 6, 1812.
The ceremony is performed by Rev. Jedediah Morse, Rev. Edward Griffin, Rev. Samuel Spring, Rev. Leonard Woods,…