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AMOY

Volume 2 · 56 words · 1815 Edition

an island in the province of Fokien, in China, where the English had a factory; but they have abandoned it on account of the impositions of the inhabitants. E. Long. 118. O. N. Lat. 24. 30. It has a fine port, that will contain many thousand vessels. The emperor has a garrison here of 7000 men.