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*[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/4401303.pdf "Incident between the Hong Merchants and the Super-cargoes 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 [http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/browse.jsp Hong Kong Journals online] The University of Hong Kong Libraries | *[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/4401303.pdf "Incident between the Hong Merchants and the Super-cargoes 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 [http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/browse.jsp Hong Kong Journals online] The University of Hong Kong Libraries | ||
*"Journal of Occurrances at Canton 1839" :[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/4401052.pdf "Introduction"] by E. W. Ellsworth [http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/4401053.pdf Notes] by L. T. Ride and J. L. Cranmer-Byng ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' Volume 4 (1964 ) | |||
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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.
External links
- "Incident between the Hong Merchants and the Super-cargoes 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 Hong Kong Journals online The University of Hong Kong Libraries
- "Journal of Occurrances at Canton 1839" :"Introduction" by E. W. Ellsworth Notes by L. T. Ride and J. L. Cranmer-Byng Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 4 (1964 )