Citations:Typa

English citations of Typa

• 1749 July, “Anſon's voyage of the world”, in The Scots Magazine‎^[1], volume xi, pages 333-334:

  However, to avoid ſome inconveniencies relating to port duties, which would have been demanded in the port of Canton, and could not, in honour to the British flag, be complied with by us, he adviſed Mr Anſon to put into the harbour of Typa, about ſix miles from Macao, where he might careen his ſhip without diſturbance ; and actually ſent us a pilot to conduct us ſafe to the intended birth.

• 1784, James King, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. […], volume III, London: […] W[illiam] and A. Strahan; for G[eorge] Nicol, […]; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, pages 448–449:

  We now ſteered South half Eaſt, with a freſh breeze from the Eaſt North Eaſt, without any occurrence worth remarking, till noon of the 15th ; when, being in latitude 18° 57', and longitude 114°13', the wind veering to the North, we directed our courſe half a point more to the Eaſtward, in order to ſtrike ſoundings over the Maccleſfield Bank. This we effected at eight in the evening of the 16th, and found the depth of water to be fifty fathoms, over a bottom of white ſand and ſhells. This part of the Macclesfied^{[sic – meaning Macclesfield]} Shoals we placed in latitude 15° 51', and longitude 114° 20'; which agrees very exactly with the poſition given in Mr. Dalrymple's map, whoſe general accuracy, if it ſtood in need of any ſupport, was confirmed, in this inſtance, by a great number of lunar obſervations, which we had an opportunity of making every day ſince we left the Typa.

• 1785, Captain Cook's third and last voyage to the Pacific Ocean : in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780‎^[2], page 364:

  During the abſence of our party from Macao, […]
  On our arrival in the Typa, not only the ſailors, but likewiſe the younger officers were extremely ragged in their apparel ; […]

• 1819, Abraham Rees, “MACAO”, in The Cyclopædia ; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature‎^[3], volume XXI, page [4], column 1:

  The road-ſtead of Macao is ſufficiently ſpacious to contain 60 gun-ſhips at the entrance of Typa ; and in its harbour, which is below the town, and communicates with the river up to the eaſtward, ſhips of ſeven or eight hundred tons, with half their lading.

• 2012, “Evaluation and Analysis Report on the Overall Economic Competitiveness of Macao Special Administrative Region”, in Li Jianping, Li Minrong, Gao Yanjing, editors, Economic Performance in China: Overall Competitiveness of China's Provincial Economy (2012)‎^[5], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 201:

  The Macao Special Administrative Region consists of the Macao Peninsula and the islands of Typa and Coloane. It covers a total land area of 29.2 square kilometers and is situated on the west bank of the Pearl River estuary and Southeast coast of China, bordering with Zhuhai to the North.

• 2014, Dane A. Morrison, “Samuel Shaw's Polite Reception, 1784–1794”, in True Yankees: The South Seas and the Discovery of American Identity‎^[6], Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:

  He found “extraordinary,” for instance, the Portuguese claim to a monopoly of Macao’s Typa roadstead, and he was appalled to witness the imprisonment of the captain of an English country ship who sought to escape a storm by anchoring in the Typa, gaining his freedom only after acquiescing to “considerable concessions.” Portuguese “injustice” extended into the most mundane facets of expatriate life. In Macao, the colonial government mandated that only Portuguese subjects could own homes, while everyone else was required to rent housing, often in “a wretched condition,” from them.