Defending Canton: Chinese Pirates, British Traders, and Hong Merchants, 1780−1810
A great upsurge in large-scale piracy between 1780 and 1810 had a tremendous impact on the Canton trade. Provincial officials, Hong merchants, and foreign traders repeatedly acknowledged that pirates, operating from bases scattered throughout the Pearl River Delta, greatly hindered commerce and comm...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
2021
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40066/4055 |