Meaning of Double Island | Babel Free

Definitions

An island of Sugarloaf Channel, Shantou, Guangdong, China, located inwards after Sugarloaf Island and larger than it.

Examples

“At the entrance of the bay on which Swatow is located, there is a small island called Double Island, on which foreigners secured a foothold before the port was opened to the outside world.”

“The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most romantic events on the Chinese spiritual calendar - a time to gaze at and worship the beauty of the full moon. I think I captured the reverence and lyricism of the mid-autumn moon in this shot off Mayu Island in Shantou.”

中國風光攝影集

“In the 1890s, for no known reason, he took against his colleagues, the Swatow pilots stationed at Double Island, and would walk for miles along the coast to intercept incoming vessels before they could reach the official pilots.”

“In Shanghai we met a Christian captain who had been trading at Swatow. He made a strong case for the needs of that area. British merchants lived on Double Island, and sold opium.”

“The truth, however, is that the Edsall was not then in the Amoy-Kulangsu area but instead spent all of the first half of May 1939 at Swatow (Shantou), China, well to the south. Anchored near Double Island, Edsall observed Japanese aerial attacks in support of their ground offensive in the region.”

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