Week 3 The First Opium War and the Treaty of Nanking
Week 3 The First Opium War and the Treaty of Nanking
Terminologies Taipan(foreign agents,supercargos,):This term's Cantonese pronunciation,taipan,only came into common English use after the rise of private trading from 1834 on.A private captain might be his own supercargo;a large East Indiamen might have five or more,which were ranked"chief supercargo","2nd supercargo",and such.A team of supercargos divided their work,some overseeing sales,others tea purchases,silk purchases,and so forth.Permanent supercargos might divide their work by the order ships arrived.The bookkeepers who attended them were called "writers";those serving with the ship,who also checked these accounts,"pursers" Cohong(公行)：The Chinese term for a properly--licensed business. Hoppo(C河伯、粤海矢监督，Superintendent of the Canton Custom House):The imperial official responsible for imperial customs and supervised the other officials.The word is Chinese Pidgin English,and some speculated that it derived from Hu Bu(Board of Revenue),but the official had no connection to the Board.The Hoppo was responsible for fixing the charges levied as a ship entered the port. Sidney Lau:A system of romanisation for Cantonese,developed in the 1970s by Sidney Lau for teaching Cantonese to Hong Government expatriates.It is based on the Hong Kong Government's Standard Romanisation which was the result of the work of James D Ball and Ernst J Eitel about a century earlier
Terminologies • Taipan (foreign agents, supercargos, 大班): This term's Cantonese pronunciation, taipan, only came into common English use after the rise of private trading from 1834 on. A private captain might be his own supercargo; a large East Indiamen might have five or more, which were ranked "chief supercargo", "2nd supercargo", and such. A team of supercargos divided their work, some overseeing sales, others tea purchases, silk purchases, and so forth. Permanent supercargos might divide their work by the order ships arrived. The bookkeepers who attended them were called "writers"; those serving with the ship, who also checked these accounts, "pursers". • Cohong (公行): The Chinese term for a properly-licensed business. • Hoppo (河伯、粤海关监督, Superintendent of the Canton Custom House): The imperial official responsible for imperial customs and supervised the other officials. The word is Chinese Pidgin English, and some speculated that it derived from Hu Bu(Board of Revenue), but the official had no connection to the Board. The Hoppo was responsible for fixing the charges levied as a ship entered the port. • Sidney Lau: A system of romanisation for Cantonese, developed in the 1970s by Sidney Lau for teaching Cantonese to Hong Government expatriates. It is based on the Hong Kong Government's Standard Romanisation which was the result of the work of James D Ball and Ernst J Eitel about a century earlier
The 13 Cohong Creek Factory 怡和行 Dutch Factory 集义行 British Factory New English Factory) 保和行 Fung-tae Factory 丰泰行 Chow-Chow Factory (Miscellaneous Factory) 巴斯行 Old English Factory 隆顺行 Swedish Factory 瑞行 Imperial Factory (Austrian Factory) 孖鹰行 Paoushun Factory 宝顺行 American Factory 广源行 Mingqua's Factory 中和行 French Factory 高公行 Spanish Factory 大吕宋行 Danish Factory 黄旗行
The 13 Cohong Creek Factory 怡和行 Dutch Factory 集义行 British Factory (New English Factory) 保和行 Fung-tae Factory Chow-Chow Factory (Miscellaneous Factory) 丰泰行 巴斯行 Old English Factory 隆顺行 Swedish Factory 瑞行 Imperial Factory (Austrian Factory) 孖鹰行 Paoushun Factory 宝顺行 American Factory 广源行 Mingqua’s Factory 中和行 French Factory 高公行 Spanish Factory 大吕宋行 Danish Factory 黄旗行
William Daniell and Canton William Daniell RA(1769-1837)was an English landscape and marine painter,and printmaker,notable for his work in aquatint.He travelled extensively in India in the company of his uncle Thomas Daniell,with whom he collaborated on one of the finest illustrated works of the period-Oriental Scenery.He later travelled around the coastline of Britain to paint watercolours for the equally ambitious book A Voyage Round Great Britain.His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution and he became a Royal Academician in 1822
William Daniell and Canton • William Daniell RA (1769–1837) was an English landscape and marine painter, and printmaker, notable for his work in aquatint. He travelled extensively in India in the company of his uncle Thomas Daniell, with whom he collaborated on one of the finest illustrated works of the period – Oriental Scenery. He later travelled around the coastline of Britain to paint watercolours for the equally ambitious book A Voyage Round Great Britain. His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution and he became a Royal Academician in 1822
William Daniell and the 13 Cohong The European Factories in 1807 The European Factories in 1805
William Daniell and the 13 Cohong The European Factories in 1807 The European Factories in 1805