Quantung
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Quantung
- Obsolete form of Guangdong.
- 1671, Arnoldus Montanus, translated by John Ogilby, Atlas Chinensis[1], London: Tho. Johnson, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 528:
- THe Province of Quantung conterminates in the West with Quangſi ; in the North-Weſt and North with a long continu'd Ridge of Rocks, and with Kiangſi ; in the North-Eaſt, with very high and ſteep Mountains, and to the River Ting, the Boundaries between this Province and that of Fokien ; the reſt to the South and South-Eaſt, lying at the Sea, by which means Quantung hath many convenient Havens and Harbors.