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<p> Small island at the mouth of the [[Canton]] River, 100 m. S. of Canton, forming with Colovane and Taipa since 1557 a Portuguese station (50, mostly Chinese); is a very healthy port, though very hot; formerly it was a centre of the Coolie trade, abolished in 1873, but its anchorage is bad, and since the rise of [[Hong-Kong]] its commerce has suffered severely; chief import opium, export tea; it is the head-quarters of French missions in China. </p> | <p> [[Small]] island at the mouth of the [[Canton]] River, 100 m. S. of Canton, forming with Colovane and Taipa since 1557 a [[Portuguese]] station (50, mostly Chinese); is a very healthy port, though very hot; formerly it was a centre of the [[Coolie]] trade, abolished in 1873, but its anchorage is bad, and since the rise of [[Hong-Kong]] its commerce has suffered severely; chief import opium, export tea; it is the head-quarters of [[French]] missions in China. </p> | ||
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Revision as of 20:20, 11 October 2021
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
Small island at the mouth of the Canton River, 100 m. S. of Canton, forming with Colovane and Taipa since 1557 a Portuguese station (50, mostly Chinese); is a very healthy port, though very hot; formerly it was a centre of the Coolie trade, abolished in 1873, but its anchorage is bad, and since the rise of Hong-Kong its commerce has suffered severely; chief import opium, export tea; it is the head-quarters of French missions in China.
