With ships flying the American, British, Swedish, Portugise, French, Dutch and Danish flags. Measurements 44x55 cm. Measurements with frame 54x67,5 cm.
Crazing, retouches. Relined canvas.
Whampoa Island, today named Pazhou Island, eastern bay was formerly the chief anchorage for ships participating in Cantons (today Guangzhou's) foreign trade. Traders from the "Southern Sea", including Indians, Arabians, and most Europeans, were required to keep their ships at Whampoa while smaller crafts ferried goods to and from the Factories area of Canton.