Flying Sand Beach (飞沙滩) on the eastern coast of Shangchuan Island.
Shangchuan Island (Chinese: 上川岛; pinyin: Shàngchuāndǎo, also known as "Schangschwan", "Sancian", "Sanchão", "Chang-Chuang", "St. John's Island" or "St John Island"[1]) is the main island of Chuanshan Archipelago on the southern coast of Guangdong, China.
Administratively, it is a part of Chuandao (川岛镇), Taishan. Located 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) from the mainland, it became the largest island in Guangdong after Hainan Island (the largest island in the country) was carved out of the province in 1988.
The area of the island is 139.87 square kilometers (54.00 sq mi), and has a population of 16,320.
It is known for having been the place of death of St. Francis Xavier. Nowadays, it is a tourist site in Guangdong.
^"NF 49-12 CH'IH-CH'I" (in English and Chinese). Washington, D. C.: Army Map Service. 1954 – via Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. SHANG-CH'UAN (ST JOHN ISLAND) 上川
ShangchuanIsland (Chinese: 上川岛; pinyin: Shàngchuāndǎo, also known as "Schangschwan", "Sancian", "Sanchão", "Chang-Chuang", "St. John's Island" or "St...
Xavier was about to extend his mission to Ming China, when he died on ShangchuanIsland. He was beatified by Pope Paul V on 25 October 1619 and canonized...
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the Zhongsha Islands, even though it contains no islands. Hainan Qizhou Liedao Weizhou and Xieyang Islands Xiachuan IslandShangchuanIsland Hengqin Wanshan...
the 16 towns of Taishan. The island is located near the larger ShangchuanIsland, which lies East of Xiachuan. Shangchuan and Xiachuan have been established...
was a bone from the arm of St. Francis Xavier, who died in 1552 on ShangchuanIsland, 50 miles (80 km) from Macau. This relic has been transferred to St...
Xavier: (7 April 1506, Javier, Navarre (Spain) – 3 December 1552, ShangchuanIsland, China). He led an extensive mission into Asia. At age 10 he became...
never reached the mainland, dying after only a year on the Chinese island of Shangchuan. Three decades later, in 1582, Jesuits once again initiated mission...
Discovery. By 1549 the Portuguese were sending annual trade missions to ShangchuanIsland in China. In 1557 they managed to convince the Ming court to agree...
Xavier died on ShangchuanIsland off the coast of Guangdong in 1552. With the Portuguese establishing an enclave on Zhongshan Island's Macau Peninsula...
began annual trade missions to the offshore ShangchuanIsland in 1549. A few years later, Lampacau Island, closer to the Pearl River Delta, became the...
died in 1552 on ShangchuanIsland off the coast of Guangdong. With the Portuguese Empire establishing an enclave on Zhongshan Island's Macao Peninsula...
clock was invented. 1549 Portuguese trade ships first stopped at ShangchuanIsland. 1550 The Mongol chieftain Altan Khan burned and looted the Ming capital...
Xavier's Boys' College and St. Xavier's Girls' College in Mannar ShangchuanIsland (上川岛, "Saint John") in Guangdong, the place of death of Francis Xavier...
airport in Foshan, Guangdong, China Shadi (沙堤渔港), fishing port of ShangchuanIsland in Guangdong, China Shadi, a character in the anime and manga series...
the Safavid Empire and the English East India Company. São João Island/ShangchuanIsland: possession (15??–1557). Abandoned in favor of Macao. Socotra:...
Shangchuan station (Chinese: 上川; pinyin: Shàngchuān; Jyutping: Seung6 Chyun1) is a metro station on Line 12 of Shenzhen Metro, located at the Xi'an Subdistrict...
reestablished trade relations by 1549 with annual trade missions sent to ShangchuanIsland and, due to the diplomatic efforts of Leonel de Sousa (a later Governor...
as Jiangmen) in China. The ceremony was held on Sancian Island (now called ShangchuanIsland), a lonely spot off the coast of South China where St. Francis...
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