Canton River

British  

/ kænˈtɒn /

noun

1. another name for the Zhu Jiang

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Example Sentences

It was a Baltimore ship which first, in 1785, displayed the American flag in the Canton River and brought thence the first cargo of silks and teas.

From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

By them she was fitted out and employed on the Canton River during the disturbances between the imperialists and the insurgents.

From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles

Anson convoyed his prize to the Canton River, where he sold it much below its value, for 6000 piastres.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon

North Latitude 23 1/2, Longitude East 113; the time March of this same year; the wind southerly; the port Whampoa in the Canton River.

From Great Sea Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

Before this the Volage and Hyacinth, while lying in Canton River, had a sharp engagement with a fleet of war-junks, under the Chinese Admiral Kwang.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles