Whampoa and the Canton Trade

Plate 15
Signed statements from DAC officers showing the punishments seaman Ole Mickelsen deserved for stealing a silver snuff box at Whampoa in 1752

Plate 16
Plan showing the placement of chests in the VOC ship De Paauw at Whampoa in 1768

Plate 17
Painting of EIC ship Repulse

Plate 18
Rudder opening of an East Indiaman

Plate 19
Page showing the number of sailors who died or deserted while anchored at Whampoa in 1761

Plate 20
Protest document (Round Robin) from the crew of the GIC ship Tiger, signed and dated at Whampoa on 7 November 1726

Plate 21
Protest document from the crew of the VOC ship Ijpenroode, signed and dated at Whampoa on 10 October 1732

Plate 22a
Protest document (Round Robin) from the crews of the VOC ships Leiduin and Voorduin, signed and dated at Whampoa on 2 December 1733 (1)

Plate 22b
Protest document (Round Robin) from the crews of the VOC ships Leiduin and Voorduin, signed and dated at Whampoa on 2 December 1733 (2)

Plate 23a
Protest document from the crews of the VOC ships Leiduin and Voorduin, signed and dated at Whampoa on 2 December 1733 (1)

Plate 23b
Protest document from the crews of the VOC ships Leiduin and Voorduin, signed and dated at Whampoa on 2 December 1733 (2)

Plate 24
Declaration from the crew of the ship Leiduin dated 29 July 1734 stating the reasons for their protest at Whampoa in 1733

Plate 25
Protest (Round Robin) from the crew of the VOC ship Huis den Eult, signed at Whampoa on 23 September 1739

Plate 26
View of the Canton Factories circa 1773

Plate 27
Flower Boats, Canton

Plate 28
A typical fire engine that was in use in Macao and Canton during the eighteenth century

Plate 29a
List of items that were lost in the Dutch Bankshall fire of 9 November 1791 (1)

Plate 29b
List of items that were lost in the Dutch Bankshall fire of 9 November 1791 (2)

Appendix 1.1a
Problems and Limitations of the Data

Appendix 1.1b
Abbreviations and Sources for Appendixes

Appendix 1.2a
Ship Arrivals at Whampoa from 1720 to January 1816 (by year)

Appendix 1.2b
Ship Arrivals at Whampoa from 1720 to January 1816 (by nationality)

Appendix 1.3
Comparison between the Yuehaiguan Zhi (粤海关志) Data and Actual Ship Arrivals

Appendix 1.4
Comparison between Yuehaiguan Duties Collected and Total Tonnage

Appendix 1.5
Comparison between Dermigny’s Numbers and the New Ship Data

Appendix 1.6
Comparison between Dermigny’s Figures and the New Tonnage Data

Appendix 1.7
Yuehaiguan Hoppos and Acting Hoppos 1750–1816

Appendix 1.8
The ups and downs of Ship Numbers

Appendix 1.9
The ups and downs of Ship Tonnages

Appendix 1.10
The ups and downs of the Emperor’s Duties

Appendix 1.11
Breakdown of Ship Numbers

Appendix 1.12
Breakdown of Ship Tonnages

Appendix 1.13
National Percentages of Total Tonnage at Whampoa 1720–1815

Appendix 1.14
Total Tonnage Percentages at Whampoa Combined 1720–1815

Appendix 1.15
Combined Total Tonnage Percentages at Whampoa Compared 1720–1815

Appendix 4.1
Supercargos who died in China

Appendix 4.2
Work-related Injuries and Deaths (non-drowning)

Appendix 4.3
Deaths by Drowning (non-bathing)

Appendix 4.4
Captains who died in China

Appendix 4.5
Seamen Who Drowned While Bathing in the Pearl River

Appendix 4.6
Suicides and Attempted Suicides

Appendix 4.7
Men caught stealing and selling items to Chinese

Appendix 5.1
Celebrations Honouring Monarchs and Special Events

Appendix 5.2
Estimate of Salutes Fired at Whampoa in 1759

Appendix 7.1
Chinese Thefts

Appendix 8.1
Other Men Who were Discharged in China from Duty

Appendix 11.1
Fires aboard the Ships

Appendix 11.2
Fires at the Bankshalls

Appendix 11.3
Lightning Strikes

Appendix 11.4
Ship Collisions at the Whampoa Anchorage