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1832年,英国东印度公司派商船“安麦思特号”(Lord Amherst)由广州北上,该公司商人林赛(H.H.Lindsay)任商务管理,聘请普鲁士来华传教士郭实腊(Charles Gutzlaff)担任翻译,商船沿途所经各口,均被拒绝停靠,“唯上海得以给予接待”①。郭实腊在日记中详细地描述了林赛与上海道台举行会晤的情况,并对上海在未来国际贸易中的作用作了积极的评价,称“上海地位的重要性仅次于广州”②。林赛在给东印度公司的报告中确认“上海为一
In 1832, the British East India Company dispatched merchant ”Lord Amherst“ from north of Guangzhou and the firm’s merchant HH Lindsay worked as a business manager, hiring Charles Prussia missionary to China Gutzlaff) served as a translator, merchant ships along the various ports, were denied docking, ”only Shanghai can be given to receive “. Guo Shilai described in detail the meeting between Lindsay and Shanghai Taotai in his diary and made a positive assessment of Shanghai’s role in future international trade. He said that ”the importance of Shanghai is second only to that of Guangzhou, “②. Lindsay confirmed in a report to the East India Company that ”Shanghai is one