Meaning of Lieuchieu | Babel Free

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Synonym of Ryukyu.

historical

Examples

“He now directed his courſe between the continent and Formoſa, and, paſſing round the north end of that iſland, and by the great Lieuchieu (where he touched) he came to Japan, and traced its ſouth and eaſt coaſts, to Cape Namba, the N. E. point of that iſland.”

“From Tchosan captain Broughton proceeded to the Yellow Sea ; then standing to the east, he examined a cluster of small islands, about 3° north of the Lieuchieu-group, and afterwards Corea, made the best of his way, by the usual track to the north of Formosa, to Macao, where he arrived on the 27th of November.”

“Portions of a large General Atlas or Chart of the World, on a plane scale, drawn in colors on vellum, by a Dutch artists, whose initials are Du. P., at Batavia, in 1662-1683.[...]The coast of China to 35° N., with the islands of Formosa and Kiusiu, the isles of Lieuchieu, etc.; on 5 sheets : together 8 f. 2 in. x 1 f. 10 in.”

“The Chinese empire comprehends CHINA PROPER, the peninsula of COREA, the islands of HAINAN, FORMOSA, and the LIEUCHIEU archipelago; MANDSHURIA, including LIATUNG; MONGOLIA, SUNGARIA, LITTLE BUKHARIA, EASTERN and WESTERN TIBET, and the territories of the Tartars of KOKONOR.”

CEFR level