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If the former , then they presumably went over the ' ambassadors ' road ' through the Meiling pass , down the North River ( Pei - kiang ) to its junction with the West River ( Hsi - chiang or Si - kiang ) , and thence via Wuchow up the ...
If the former , then they presumably went over the ' ambassadors ' road ' through the Meiling pass , down the North River ( Pei - kiang ) to its junction with the West River ( Hsi - chiang or Si - kiang ) , and thence via Wuchow up the ...
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the same river . Pereira may have asked the name of the river along which he was travelling , and been told by his guards or the boatmen some name of purely local significance . His statement that on entering Kuangsi province ...
the same river . Pereira may have asked the name of the river along which he was travelling , and been told by his guards or the boatmen some name of purely local significance . His statement that on entering Kuangsi province ...
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This river causeth a wonder in the land of Camboja , worthy of reciting . Coming near to a place which they call Chudurmuch , which is twelve leagues from the principal city of Camboja , it maketh a passage to another river which cometh ...
This river causeth a wonder in the land of Camboja , worthy of reciting . Coming near to a place which they call Chudurmuch , which is twelve leagues from the principal city of Camboja , it maketh a passage to another river which cometh ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
i The Report of Galeote Pereira | 3 |
ii The Treatise of Fr Gaspar da Cruz O P | 45 |
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| Title | Works, Volume 106 |
| Author | Hakluyt Society |
| Publisher | Kraus Reprint, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2009 |
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