THE HUME SCROLL OF 1772 AND THE FACES BEHIND THE CANTON FACTORIES1772 年的「廣洲十三行洪氏卷軸」與廣洲十三行的真實面貎
This article analyzes the so-called "Hume Scroll" (1772), a rare visual record of the landscape of the port and the factories of Canton, in order to reinterpret the relationships between licensed foreign trade and the activity of Chinese junks bound for Southeast Asia. The central argument posits th...
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| description | This article analyzes the so-called "Hume Scroll" (1772), a rare visual record of the landscape of the port and the factories of Canton, in order to reinterpret the relationships between licensed foreign trade and the activity of Chinese junks bound for Southeast Asia. The central argument posits that the “foreign factories” did not function as separate and isolated spaces within the Chinese maritime economy, but rather as shared residential-commercial and operational hubs, administered by different institutional branches (Waiyang Hang and Bengang Hang) which, in practice, interacted more than traditional historiographical narratives assumed.
Methodologically, the study combines dating based on architectural and biographical evidence (aligning constructive elements with Hume’s chronology) with a systematic identification of the buildings and their possible occupants, comparing the iconography with recent discoveries and administrative documentation. The author also critiques "top-down" approaches that derive historical models primarily from gazetteers, edicts, and memorials, without verifying the actual implementation of policies.
As main results, the article demonstrates that the scroll enables the visualization of connections between firms of different administrations and highlights the coexistence of foreign and Chinese operations within the same port infrastructure. It concludes that understanding the transformations of the wharf and quotidian interactions is decisive for reconstructing how trade actually operated in Canton. |
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| spelling | THE HUME SCROLL OF 1772 AND THE FACES BEHIND THE CANTON FACTORIES1772 年的「廣洲十三行洪氏卷軸」與廣洲十三行的真實面貎 This article analyzes the so-called "Hume Scroll" (1772), a rare visual record of the landscape of the port and the factories of Canton, in order to reinterpret the relationships between licensed foreign trade and the activity of Chinese junks bound for Southeast Asia. The central argument posits that the “foreign factories” did not function as separate and isolated spaces within the Chinese maritime economy, but rather as shared residential-commercial and operational hubs, administered by different institutional branches (Waiyang Hang and Bengang Hang) which, in practice, interacted more than traditional historiographical narratives assumed. Methodologically, the study combines dating based on architectural and biographical evidence (aligning constructive elements with Hume’s chronology) with a systematic identification of the buildings and their possible occupants, comparing the iconography with recent discoveries and administrative documentation. The author also critiques "top-down" approaches that derive historical models primarily from gazetteers, edicts, and memorials, without verifying the actual implementation of policies. As main results, the article demonstrates that the scroll enables the visualization of connections between firms of different administrations and highlights the coexistence of foreign and Chinese operations within the same port infrastructure. It concludes that understanding the transformations of the wharf and quotidian interactions is decisive for reconstructing how trade actually operated in Canton. Instituto Cultural de Macau Macau Review of Culture Articles 2017 Paul A. Van Dyke |
| spellingShingle | THE HUME SCROLL OF 1772 AND THE FACES BEHIND THE CANTON FACTORIES1772 年的「廣洲十三行洪氏卷軸」與廣洲十三行的真實面貎 Paul A. Van Dyke |
| title | THE HUME SCROLL OF 1772 AND THE FACES BEHIND THE CANTON FACTORIES1772 年的「廣洲十三行洪氏卷軸」與廣洲十三行的真實面貎 |
| title_autocomplete | THE HUME SCROLL OF 1772 AND THE FACES BEHIND THE CANTON FACTORIES1772 年的「廣洲十三行洪氏卷軸」與廣洲十三行的真實面貎 |
| title_full | THE HUME SCROLL OF 1772 AND THE FACES BEHIND THE CANTON FACTORIES1772 年的「廣洲十三行洪氏卷軸」與廣洲十三行的真實面貎 |
| title_fullStr | THE HUME SCROLL OF 1772 AND THE FACES BEHIND THE CANTON FACTORIES1772 年的「廣洲十三行洪氏卷軸」與廣洲十三行的真實面貎 |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE HUME SCROLL OF 1772 AND THE FACES BEHIND THE CANTON FACTORIES1772 年的「廣洲十三行洪氏卷軸」與廣洲十三行的真實面貎 |
| title_short | THE HUME SCROLL OF 1772 AND THE FACES BEHIND THE CANTON FACTORIES1772 年的「廣洲十三行洪氏卷軸」與廣洲十三行的真實面貎 |
| title_sort | the hume scroll of 1772 and the faces behind the canton factories1772 年的「廣洲十三行洪氏卷軸」與廣洲十三行的真實面貎 |
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