Ladrones,' or thieves, from the notorious habits of the old inhabitants. It is situated off the south-eastern coast of China, at the mouth of the Canton river, about 40 miles east of Macao. The Statesman's Year-book - Página 354editado por - 1906Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Great Britain. Colonial Office - 1877 - 528 páginas
...gentleman all endowment of religion will cease.) HONG KONG. Hong Kong is one of a number of islands situated off the south-eastern coast of China at the mouth of the Canton Eiver. Hong Kong is about 40 miles east of Macao, and lies between 22° 9' and 22° 1' N. lat., and... | |
| Charles Anthony Coke - 1864 - 212 páginas
...Spaniards " Ladrones," or Thieves, from the notorious hahits of the inhabitants. It is situated off the SE coast of China, at the mouth of the Canton River, about 40 miles east of Macao, in 22° 16' 30" N. lat., and 114° 14' 45" E. long. This island is an irregular and broken ridge, stretching... | |
| 1868 - 802 páginas
...called by the Portuguese ' Ladrones,' or thieves, from the notorious habits of the old inhabitants. It is situated off the south-eastern coast of China,...of the Canton river, about 40 miles east of Macao. The whole of Hong Kong island forms an irregular and broken ridge, stretching nearly east and west;... | |
| Joseph Whitaker - 1887 - 816 páginas
...14,000, and the revenue for 1884 was ,£20,196. HONG KONG ("FBAGBAITT STREAMS"), an island situate off the south-eastern coast of China, at the mouth of the Canton River, in 22° jo'— aa° 17' N. lat. and 114° 6'— 114° )8; E. long. It is about eleven miles long and... | |
| Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter (Librarian), Barry Turner - 1870 - 874 páginas
...called by the Portuguese ' Ladrones,' or thieves, from the notorious habits of the old inhabitants. It is situated off the south-eastern coast of China,...of the Canton river, about 40 miles east of Macao. The whole of Hong Kong island forms an irregular and broken ridge, stretching nearly east and west;... | |
| Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter - 1872 - 838 páginas
...called by the Portuguese ' Ladrones,' or thieves, from the notorious habits of the old inhabitants. It is situated off the south-eastern coast of China,...of the Canton river, about 40 miles east of Macao. The whole of Hong Kong island forms an irregular and broken ridge, stretching nearly east and west;... | |
| Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter, Barry Turner - 1876 - 876 páginas
...called by the Portuguese * Ladrones,' or thieves, from the notorious habits of the old inhabitants. It is situated off the south-eastern coast of China,...of the Canton river, about 40 miles east of Macao. The whole of Hong Kong island forms an irregular and broken ridge, stretching nearly east and west... | |
| 1880 - 942 páginas
...called by the Portuguese ' Ladrones,' or thieves, from the notorious habits of the old inhabitants. It is situated off the south-eastern coast of China,...of the Canton river, about 40 miles east of Macao. The whole of Hong Kong island forms an irregular and broken ridge, stretching nearly east and west... | |
| 1887 - 598 páginas
...whom one-fourth are Mohammedan and the rest mainly belong to the Greek Church. Hong Kong is an island situated off the south-eastern coast of China, at...of the Canton river, about 40 miles east of Macao. It has a, length of about n miles, a breadth of from 2 to 5 miles and an area of 29 square miles. It... | |
| 1905 - 1956 páginas
...Governor of the Gold Coast. Appointed Governor of Hong Kong, 1903. The Governor has a salary of 6,OOOZ. sterling per annum. Area and Population. Hong Kong...broken ridge, stretching nearly east and west about 11 miles, its breadth from 2 to 5 miles, and its area rather more than 29 square miles, that is A third... | |
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