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Bagdad and they invaded the Chinese provinces of Yun-nan, Sze-ch'wan and Kan-su, as far as Ch'ang ngan, capital of the T'ang emperors.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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G.T. Grosvenor, A. Davenport, and E.C. Baber, was sent to Yun-nan to witness the trial and the punishment of the murderers of Margary.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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It is now universally accepted that its primitive inhabitants were savage tribes of Malay origin, probably from the islands of the Pacific, and that they are represented to-day by the numerous wild tribes scattered over the great eastern range of mountains from Yun-nan to Cochin China.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Renou being appointed Prefect Apostolic of Eastern Tibet was to enter his mission via Yun-nan, while Rabin, Prefect Apostolic of Southern Tibet, was to penetrate into the country by the way of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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It is bounded on the north by Kan-su and Sin-kiang; on the west by India; on the south by India, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan; on the east by Yun-nan, Szech'wan, and Kan-su; or rather the plateau on the north is bounded by the Kwenlun Mountains which limit on the south the Desert of Gobi; and on the south by the Himalaya Mountains with their high peak, Mount Everest, 29,000 feet.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Plateau of Yun-nan, and the mountains of Kwang-si; on the east by the province of Kwang-si (Canton), the Gulf of Tong-king, and the Sea of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Pienkio, in the Yun-nan province during the night of 16-17 September,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Yun-nan, was captured by the Lolo savages of Ta Leang Shan, and ill-treated being mistaken for a Chinaman.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Sze-ch'wan, Yun-nan, Kwei-chou, and Hu-kwang (Hu-nan and Hu-pe), for which purpose the traversed the whole empire from south to north.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Sze-Ch'wan and Yun-nan, and the district of Lhorong djong, frontier of Lhasa;
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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