This tag was created by Peter Thilly.
Discrete Physical Spaces
- The receiving ships at Lintin and in Shenhu Bay and along the coast. These were stationary vessels that operated as floating warehouses.
- Smaller, fast ships that voyaged between the anchorages on the coast like Shenhu Bay and the central receiving ship at Lintin.
- The opium clippers that voyaged between India (Calcutta or Bombay), Singapore, and the receiving ships at Lintin.
Villages, Towns, and Cities:
- Yakou Village, a small coastal town dominated by the Shi lineage. This is where Shi Hou and his kinsmen operated a massive smuggling ring, positioning themselves as middlemen between Chinese buyers and British opium importers.
- Macao, a Portuguese colonial outpost in the Pearl River Delta near Lintin. One important function of Macao as a physical space was as a meeting place and job market for Chinese brokers to link up with British ship captains like the Rees Brothers to arrange trips up the coast.
- The Canton Factories, just outside of the Guangzhou city gates. This is where the leadership of the Jardine-Matheson company kept their offices, arranging deals with prominent Chinese merchants, interacting with the representatives of the Qing state, and overseeing the correspondence of the company's global network.
- Other cities like Calcutta, Singapore, Bombay, and London.
Anchorages
- Shenhu Bay
- Lintin
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