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Tartary and the king of China be the same; Xuntain and Quinsay, and the city of Cambalu be that new Peking, or such a wall 400 leagues long to part China from Tartary: whether [3005] Presbyter John be in Asia or
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Quinsay and Cambalu; whether there be any such places, or that as
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If you arriue at Cambalu or Quinsay, to bring thence the mappe of that countrey, for so shall you haue the perfect description, which is to great purpose.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Cathay, and in the same vnto the Cities of Cambalu and Quinsay, or to either of them.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And if God prosper your voyage with such good successe, that you may attaine to the same, doe you seeke by all meanes you can to arriue to the Cities Cambalu, and Quinsay, or to the one of them.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Asia, while Mexico was identified with the Quinsay of Marco Polo.
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Thence he would sail to Quinsay (Hang Chow), the ancient capital of China, and deliver the letter he carried to the Khan of Cathay.
A History of Sea Power William Oliver Stevens 1916
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Chinese seaport in the Middle Ages, and Che-kiang, and went overland by way of Fu-cheu, the capital of the province of Fokien, to Quinsay
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Quinsay or the Grand Khan, but he discovered Santa Maria, and Hayti, where the first Spanish colony in the New World was established, and
Beginnings of the American People Carl Lotus Becker 1909
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"The city of Quinsay," says Oderic, "hath twelve principall gates; and about the distance of eight miles, on the highway unto each one of the said gates, standeth a city as big by estimation as Venice and Padua."
Beginnings of the American People Carl Lotus Becker 1909
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