File:Canton town map 1748-49 enhanced with translations.jpg
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English: Map of Canton from a diary by the command of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, written by Johan Friedrich Dalman, during the journey from Gothenburg to Canton and back, starting 19 February 1748 and ending 11 July 1749, on the Swedish East India Company ship Freden. Transcribed text and translation by W.carter.
Transcription of Swedish text and translation. The text is written in 18th century Swedish and the translation is rather direct, which can make the English sound a bit off in some places:
Diary by the command of the (Swedish) Royal Academy of Science. Written by Johan Friedrich Dalman. During the journey from Gothenburg to Canton and back, starting 19 February 1748 and ended 11 July 1749 (On the Swedish East India Company ship Freden)
Map of Canton measured in steps The countryside around Canton is rather flat with the exception of the north side where there are three hills, each with a Citadel and a high mountain with a pagoda. The soil in the area is red dirt or sand in the higher areas, but where it is marshy it is muddy clay where the rice thrives. The River has a muddy bottom and the water is unhealthy, for if you were to put sugar in a cup of water and leave it during the night, there is a thick blue scum on it the next morning. The tide is strong and the water in the river rise and fall almost half a fathom (0.91 meter), there are numerous shallows on which a sloop can get stuck. The peoples' excessive bathing must to some extent contribute to make the water greasy. The Ships are a long way downstream from the town at a place called Whampoa where people and goods are ferried between the town and the Ship on Chinese boats or sampans. On the way there are three customs houses at which you have to be examined both on the way up and down the river. At both the Ship and the Factory there are visiting sampans. I was up in The Citadel by the water, there was a Tatar soldier who stopped us and said that mandarin does not want but the common people took me and my companion by the hand and led us up. This Citadel was 30 ells (17.8 meter) on each side and made from grey stone.
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