Canton River
Britishnoun
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Then would masts surmount spires; and all mankind, like the Chinese boatmen in Canton River, live in flotillas and fleets, and find their food in the sea.
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman
Almost at the same time as the attack on Chusan, hostilities were recommenced against the Chinese on the Canton River, in consequence of the carrying off of a British subject, Mr. Vincent Stanton, from Macao.
From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
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
In 1511, Raphael Perestralo sailed from Malacca to China, and in 1517 the Portuguese officer, Don Fernand Perez D'Andrade, arrived in the Canton River with a squadron, and was favorably received by the mandarins.
From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
Macao is situated on the western shores of the estuary of the great Pearl River, sometimes called Canton River.
From Travels in the Far East by Peck, Ellen Mary Hayes
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