"Entrepot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at Woosung waiting for the tide to change, we were frequently reminded that we could not be far from a great commercial entrepot of the world, by seeing five or six large ships, of one thousand tons each, rush past with the tide in as many hours, tea-laden and bound to Europe; but none of our company were prepared for what we saw as we first rounded the point where a good view of Shanghai ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various |
