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*[https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/359b2429abf6fb77dedef59af0d46096.pdf "Incident between the Hong Merchants and the Supercargoes of the British East India Company in Canton, 1811"] by J. L. Cranmer-Byng ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' Volume 15 (1975) from [https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/exhibits/show/hkjo/home Hong Kong Journals online] The University of Hong Kong Libraries  hkjo.lib.hku.hk
*[https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/359b2429abf6fb77dedef59af0d46096.pdf "Incident between the Hong Merchants and the Supercargoes of the British East India Company in Canton, 1811"] by J. L. Cranmer-Byng ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' Volume 15 (1975) from [https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/exhibits/show/hkjo/home Hong Kong Journals online] The University of Hong Kong Libraries  hkjo.lib.hku.hk
*[https://archive.org/details/journal-of-a-voyage-in-1811-and-1812-to-madras-and-china/page/n1/mode/2up ''Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812 to Madras and China returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; In the H. C. S. the Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass'']  by James Wathen 1814.  With Coloured Prints from drawings by the author. Archive.org. Includes a visit to Canton.
*[https://archive.org/details/journal-of-a-voyage-in-1811-and-1812-to-madras-and-china/page/n1/mode/2up ''Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812 to Madras and China returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; In the H. C. S. the Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass'']  by James Wathen 1814.  With Coloured Prints from drawings by the author. Archive.org. Includes a visit to Canton.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28The+%22Chinese+Repository%22%29&sort=date&page=1 ''The Chinese Repository''] published in Canton 1832-1851.  Some of the online editions are part of a volume  only, which is listed on the Archive.org page for that volume, but cannot be determined from the title in the List version. However, by switching to the Thumbnail version, the exact title can generally be read. [https://archive.org/details/generalindexof20volumesofchineserepoistory/page/n9/mode/2up ''Index of the Twenty Volumes''] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.30753 ''A Subaltern's Sick Leave: Rough notes of a visit in search of health to China and the Cape of Good Hope''] by Nicolas Polson, Bengal Native Infantry 1837.  Archive.org Ministry of Culture/ National Library of India Collection.  Elsewhere it is stated the author was in fact Lieutenant Peter Nicholson (or Nicolson). He sailed from Calcutta July 1835.  
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.30753 ''A Subaltern's Sick Leave: Rough notes of a visit in search of health to China and the Cape of Good Hope''] by Nicolas Polson, Bengal Native Infantry 1837.  Archive.org Ministry of Culture/ National Library of India Collection.  Elsewhere it is stated the author was in fact Lieutenant Peter Nicholson (or Nicolson). He sailed from Calcutta July 1835.  
*"Journal of Occurrances at Canton during the cessation of trade at Canton 1839" by William C Hunter :[https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/df5d2b21ce6c327d53753029fac33a40.pdf "Introduction" and Journal] by E. W. Ellsworth [https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/e9bdfa8dc2b8b18a8ae7532d0cbb44f7.pdf "Notes on Hunter's Journal"] by  J. L. Cranmer-Byng and L. T. Ride  ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' Volume 4 (1964) hkjo.lib.hku.hk
*"Journal of Occurrances at Canton during the cessation of trade at Canton 1839" by William C Hunter :[https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/df5d2b21ce6c327d53753029fac33a40.pdf "Introduction" and Journal] by E. W. Ellsworth [https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/e9bdfa8dc2b8b18a8ae7532d0cbb44f7.pdf "Notes on Hunter's Journal"] by  J. L. Cranmer-Byng and L. T. Ride  ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' Volume 4 (1964) hkjo.lib.hku.hk

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Place Name: Guangzhou
State/Province: Guangdong
Country: China
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Canton, now known as Guangzhou, is an important city in Southern China, situated on the Pearl River. Whampoa (a transliteration of Huangpu) is the district within the city where the docks were situated.

During the 18th and 19th century this important trading port was used extensively by the East India Company. China supplied the company with various commodities which were in high demand by the British – particularly tea. As a counterbalance, the East India Company supplied, amongst other goods, a large amount of Indian grown opium to China and this supply would eventually lead to the Opium Wars of the mid nineteenth century.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Guangzhou
Variants: Canton, Whampoa

History

Battle of Canton 1841
Siege of Canton 1857

Records

  • Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. Macao and Whampoa [Canton] 1820-1833, IOR N/9. These records are probably included in the digitised records now available on the commercial site FindMyPast
  • FamilySearch Catalog for microfilm/digitised microfilm records includes
"Births, deaths, marriages from Canton and Hong Kong newspapers, arranged chronologically, 1828-1862" catalogue entry microfilm 1208508 which has been digitised and may be viewed on your home computer.

External links

Historical photographs online

Historical books online