Chinchew

Chinchew is a name used in older English books for a port in the Chinese province Fujian. Depending on the author, it may refer to one of the two different places:^[1]

• Quanzhou, by later authors (the 19th century)
• Zhangzhou, by earlier authors (16-17th century, especially as translation of Spanish/Portuguese "Chincheo").

Notes

1. ^ See e.g. the discussion in the article Chinchew (Chinchu) in Encyclopedia Britannica, 10th edition (1902)

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