Canton River
Britishnoun
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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
The British expedition arrived at the mouth of the Canton River in the month of June, 1840.
From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
A few junks were in sight; and they had seen several of them among the islands which form an archipelago at the mouth of Canton River, extending some distance up the stream.
From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.
While one part of the fleet blockaded the mouth of the Canton River, the remainder proceeded to the northward to look into different harbours.
From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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
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