LEGEND OF ANCIENT CANTON

'' '.......British attempt to find trade routes to China was made in 1596, but the fleet under the command of Captain Benjamin Wood failed to reach its destination and was lost without trace. Some forty years later in 1637, a Captain Weddell successfully landed at Canton after forcing a passage through the Bogue (from Portuguese word bocca, a mouth), and opened trade negotiations with the locals on behalf of the East India Company. Nevertheless, his entry to China met fierce resistance from the Chinese officials and he was forced to leave the country without any commercial success. His ship was wrecked on his journey home




 Agricultural Practices and Products of Ancient China By Britney Moy Crops Some of the crops grown in Ancient China were rice, tea, peaches, millet, wheat, cabbage, soybeans, peas, and bamboo shoots. Animals Animals raised in Ancient China were Giant Pandas, cattle, yaks, deer, reindeer, elephants, chickens, tigers, sheep, cows, and camels. Landforms Some of the landforms in Ancient China were the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, the Himalayas, the Gobi Desert, and the Taklamakan Desert. Irrigation For Irrigation the chinese used canals and floods. Some of the most popular canals were the Six Canals, the Bai Canal

 During the Sung (960-1127 AD), Arab traders brought Philippine goods to southwestern China through the port of Canton. Chinese posts were established in coastal towns of the Philippines with the import of Chinese goods. The trade culminated when Chao Ju-Kua wrote of the barter trade between the Chinese and the natives of Mayi (Mindoro). The Chinese exchanged silk, porcelain, colored glass, beads and iron ware for hemp cloth, tortoise shells, pearls and yellow wax of the Filipinos. 









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