Works, Volume 38Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 46
... capital of Fu lin , nearly corresponds with that estimated by Benjamin of Tudela , and by popular opinion in the city itself1 . It stands upon the shore of the sea ; the houses are very lofty , and built of stone ; the population ...
... capital of Fu lin , nearly corresponds with that estimated by Benjamin of Tudela , and by popular opinion in the city itself1 . It stands upon the shore of the sea ; the houses are very lofty , and built of stone ; the population ...
Page 114
... capital of China . The form is more suggestive of T'ai yuen fu in the province of Shan si , the Taianfu of M. Polo , which had been for a time the capital of the T'ang in the eighth century . 72. To the early tide of Christianity in ...
... capital of China . The form is more suggestive of T'ai yuen fu in the province of Shan si , the Taianfu of M. Polo , which had been for a time the capital of the T'ang in the eighth century . 72. To the early tide of Christianity in ...
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... capital of China is SIN- DABIL , which is more like an Indian than a Chinese name , or rather like the Arabic perversion of an Indian name ( com- pare Kandábil , Sandábúr ) . The nearest Chinese name is that of CH'ENG TU FU3 , or as ...
... capital of China is SIN- DABIL , which is more like an Indian than a Chinese name , or rather like the Arabic perversion of an Indian name ( com- pare Kandábil , Sandábúr ) . The nearest Chinese name is that of CH'ENG TU FU3 , or as ...
Contents
Dedication and Preface | 1 |
late and then in the forms Thin Thinae Sinae | 8 |
the indication of the Chinese empire from the landward Inferior | 13 |
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