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.”

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