Canton River
Britishnoun
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Macao, small island at the mouth of the Canton River, 100 m.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
The British expedition against China had arrived at the mouth of the Canton River in June.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin
When China ceded the rocky isle of Hong Kong to Great Britain in 1842 it was the haunt of fisherfolk and pirates prosecuting their callings in the estuary of the Canton River.
From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Penfield, Frederic Courtland
They are rather numerous on the banks of the Canton River.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
Perseus was cruising off the mouth of the Canton River.
From Tales of Daring and Danger by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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