OPIUM AGAIN

SITES TO SEE- TRULY PLANTING THE DREAMING DEEP.

Papaveraceae, Papaver somniferum L.
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Star (London, England), Monday, June 15, 1789
THE price of OPIUM  has risen from 350 to [...]

OPIUM

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article654504
he Hobart Town Gazette… Saturday 16 May 1818
In Macao Roads a barbarous murder had recently taken place of an American ship’s company, by some Chinese. She was laden with opium and treasure, and while one of the desperadoes amused the commander with the delivery to him of a letter, the seamen were surprised, and [...]