"The Quarrel between Great Britain and China"

Excerto de um longo artigo intitulado "The Quarrel between Great Britain and China" (Guerra do Ópio) publicado numa edição de 1840 do The Monthly Chronicle:

"We insert for the illustration of this article a map of the bay of Canton, exhibiting all the positions connected with the trade of that city. The map contains also a plan of the city and suburbs of Canton and a plan of the town and harbor of Macao. The two latter are reduced from plans contained in a Historical Sketch of the Portuguese settlements in China published in Boston in 1836 by Sir Andrew Llungstedt, a work containing much curious information. The plan of Canton of which this is a reduced copy is stated to be a fac simile of one of the best native maps of the city with the exception of the lettering which in the original is in Chinese. On the native map the name of the city is written Kwang tung Sang ching which means the capital of the Province of Kwang tung or Canton. The natives usually call it Sang ching or the capital of the province. It stands on the north bank of the Choo Keang or Pearl river about forty miles from the Bocca Tigris or mouth of the river and about ten miles from the island of Whampoa where foreign ships usu ally discharge. The relative position of these places and of Macao Lintin, Hong Kong, Toong koo and other important points will be seen by reference to the map of the Bay of Canton which is compiled from the most authentic charts."