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But that we did most marvel at , was therewithal the hugeness of the stones , the like whereof as we came into the ... The ways eachwhere are gallantly paved with foursquare stone , except it be where for want of stone they use to lay ...
But that we did most marvel at , was therewithal the hugeness of the stones , the like whereof as we came into the ... The ways eachwhere are gallantly paved with foursquare stone , except it be where for want of stone they use to lay ...
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In some cities where the rivers are very high and impetuous , principally in times of great floods when they will not bear stone bridges , they make wooden bridges built on boats , the which are ranged in two rows , and connected with ...
In some cities where the rivers are very high and impetuous , principally in times of great floods when they will not bear stone bridges , they make wooden bridges built on boats , the which are ranged in two rows , and connected with ...
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Medhurst in his Dictionary of the Hok - keen Dialect , ( Macao , 1832 ) pp . xxii - xxiv , describing this bridge from Chinese sources , states that it is built of a black kind of stone , supported by about 250 strong columns or ...
Medhurst in his Dictionary of the Hok - keen Dialect , ( Macao , 1832 ) pp . xxii - xxiv , describing this bridge from Chinese sources , states that it is built of a black kind of stone , supported by about 250 strong columns or ...
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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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