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*[https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_7oFZAAAAYAAJ#page/n113/mode/2up "Canton"] page 97 ''An account of the trade in India: containing rules for good government in trade, price courants, and tables: with descriptions of Fort St. George, Acheen, Malacca, Condore, Canton, Anjengo, Muskat, Gombroon, Surat, Goa, Carwar, Telichery, Panola, Calicut, the Cape of Good-Hope, and St. Helena... To which is added, An Account of the Management of the Dutch in their Affairs in India'' by Charles Lockyer 1711 Archive.org [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_7oFZAAAAYAAJ#page/n15/mode/2up Contents]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4wAyDgrnHicC&pg=PR1 ''A Voyage to the East Indies in 1747 and 1748. Containing an Account of the Islands of St. Helena and Java. Of the City of Batavia. Of the Government and Political Conduct of the Dutch. Of the Empire of China, with a Particular Description of Canton ...''] 1762 Google Books. The Preface states the author was an officer in the service of the East India Company.
*[httphttps://sunzihkjo.lib.hku.hk/hkjoarchive/viewfiles/4401303359b2429abf6fb77dedef59af0d46096.pdf "Incident between the Hong Merchants and the Super-cargoes 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 [httphttps://sunzihkjo.lib.hku.hk/exhibits/show/hkjo/browse.jsp home Hong Kong Journals online] The University of Hong Kong Libraries sunzihkjo.lib.hku.hk*[httphttps://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://nlirepositoryarchive.nvliorg/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 inthe List version. However, by switching to the Thumbnail version, the exact title can generally be read. [https://archive.org/details/generalindexof20volumesofchineserepoistory/page/handlen9/123456789mode/20299 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. Link to a pdf download, or direct [http://nlirepositoryArchive.nvli.in/bitstream/123456789org Ministry of Culture/20299/1/NL0048.pdf pdf link] National Library of India Digital 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 :[httphttps://sunzihkjo.lib.hku.hk/hkjoarchive/viewfiles/4401052df5d2b21ce6c327d53753029fac33a40.pdf "Introduction"and Journal] by E. W. Ellsworth [httphttps://sunzihkjo.lib.hku.hk/hkjoarchive/viewfiles/4401053e9bdfa8dc2b8b18a8ae7532d0cbb44f7.pdf "Noteson Hunter's Journal"] by L. T. Ride and J. L. Cranmer-Byng and L. T. Ride ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' Volume 4 (1964 ) sunzihkjo.lib.hku.hk
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023216827 ''The 'Fan Kwae' at Canton before treaty days, 1825-1844''] by An Old Resident [William C Hunter] 2nd edition 1911 (First published 1882) Archive.org (Fan Kwae=Foreign Barbarians, Devils)
*[https://archive.org/details/journalsofmajors00shaw/page/n9 ''The Journals of Major Samuel Shaw : the first American Consul at Canton : with a life of the author''] 1847 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023558962 ''Canton and the Bogue. The narrative of an eventful six months in China''] by Walter William Mundy 1875 Archive.org. A visit in 1874.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023225471 ''Bits of Old China''] by William C Hunter 1885 Archive.org
*[httphttps://sunzibooks.libgoogle.hkucom.hkau/hkjo/view/2600561.pdf books?id=ordAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA343 "Historical Outline of Medical Missions at Canton, Hongkong and Macao"] ''The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East'' Page 329 Volume 4 No. 5 (July 1875 to June 1876 ) sunzi.lib.hku.hkGoogle Books
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035E8C ''A Guide to Hongkong. With some remarks upon Macao and Canton''] by William Legge. Printed at Hongkong c 1893. British Library Digital Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/cantonchina00unitrich ''Canton, China''] Published by the Bureau of Navigation under authority of the Secretary of the Navy [USA]. Catalogued 1920. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofmalayan0000purc/page/n5 ''The Memoirs of a Malayan Official''] by Victor Purcell 1965 Archive.org Lending Library. As a member of the Malayan Civil Service from 1921, he was soon after sent to Canton and Peking to study Chinese from [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofmalayan0000purc/page/100 page 101].
*[https://archive.org/details/chinesecitybetwe00chin/mode/2up ''The Chinese city between two worlds''] edited by Mark Elvin and G. William Skinner 1974. Includes chapters on Canton and [[Shanghai]]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
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