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汲水門 - Cap Sing Moon [????- ]

The India Directory: Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America, Volume 2

琶洲塔 - Whampoa Pagoda [1600- ]

Date Place completed: 
1600-01-01

黄埔 - Whampoa anchorage [????- ]

虎 門 - Bocca Tigris (Humen Strait) [????- ]

Lintin Island [????- ]

金星門 - Cumsingmoon - Cum Sing Moon [????- ]

Not to be confused with Cap Sing Moon

http://gwulo.com/node/32456

Both were where receievnig ships (opium hulks) were anchored.

Firms included

Jardine Matheson
Augustine Heard etc.

Later used for the (forced) international coolie trade (human trafficking)

 

http://gwulo.com/node/32405#10/22.3031/113.8685/Map_by_OSM-Markers/100

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