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... stones ; some of them are twelve paces long and upward , the least an eleven good paces long and an half . The ways eachwhere are gallantly paved with foursquare stone , except it be where for want of stone they use to lay brick . In ...
... stones ; some of them are twelve paces long and upward , the least an eleven good paces long and an half . The ways eachwhere are gallantly paved with foursquare stone , except it be where for want of stone they use to lay brick . In ...
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... stone bridges , they make wooden bridges built on boats , the which are ranged in two rows , and connected with stout chains of iron , with wooden stays on both sides , very fairly wrought . The Portugals counted the boats of one of ...
... stone bridges , they make wooden bridges built on boats , the which are ranged in two rows , and connected with stout chains of iron , with wooden stays on both sides , very fairly wrought . The Portugals counted the boats of one of ...
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... stone , supported by about 250 strong columns or buttresses , 125 on each side . These columns are sharpened towards the upper part , in order better to break the impetuous egress and regress of the current ; they are capped with five ...
... stone , supported by about 250 strong columns or buttresses , 125 on each side . These columns are sharpened towards the upper part , in order better to break the impetuous egress and regress of the current ; they are capped with five ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
2 The writers and their narratives 1 | l |
TEXTS I | 3 |
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¹ Cf Amoy vernacular Bay of Amoy bridge C. R. Boxer called Cantam Cantão Canton captains Carstairs Douglas Catálogo Ch'ou-hai-t'u-pien Ch'üan-chou Chang-chou CHAPTER Chekiang China Review Chincheo coast commanded Court Cruz's Dalgado Dictionary Dyer Ball emperor Encyclopedia Sinica Fernão fish Foochow friars Fukien Galeote Pereira Gaspar da Cruz Gaspar de San gates give Glossário Luso-Asiático González de Mendoza governor Hakluyt hath Hobson-Jobson houses India island João de Barros justice King kingdom Kuangsi Kuangtung land leagues likewise Limahon Lisbon Loarca Louteas Louthias magistrates Malacca mandarins Manila Martín de Rada Ming dynasty officers original Ormuz Peking Peter Mundy Philippines pirates Portugals Portuguese principal prisoners province Purchas Rada's region river San Agustín Scythia ships shire side Spaniards Spanish stone streets Tartars Taybin therein thereof Things Chinese Tomé Pires towns trade translation unto Viceroy voyage W. H. Chang walls wherefore