Execution of the Namoa pirates which took place on the 11th May 1891 at Kowloon City China [graphic].
[Hong Kong? : s.n.,
1891]
Albumen print depicting a line of beheaded corpses on a beach with a group of European men behind them.
The Namoa pirates were named after the steamer "Namoa" which they had commandeered in December 1890, killing two Europeans (including the captain, Thomas Pocock) and one Asian passenger and robbing the other passengers.
Title taken from caption at the foot of the print.
Pirates
Piracy