Quantung
English
editProper noun
editQuantung
- Obsolete form ofGuangdong.
- 1671,Arnoldus Montanus, translated byJohn Ogilby,Atlas Chinensis[1], London: Tho. Johnson, translation of original in Dutch,→OCLC,page528:
- THe Province ofQuantung conterminates in the West withQuangſi ; in the North-Weſt and North with a long continu'd Ridge of Rocks, and withKiangſi ; in the North-Eaſt, with very high and ſteep Mountains, and to the RiverTing, the Boundaries between this Province and that ofFokien ; the reſt to the South and South-Eaſt, lying at the Sea, by which meansQuantung hath many convenient Havens and Harbors.
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