Cipango
Americannoun
noun
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Would Samarkand or Cathay or Cipango have suffered the same fate if visited?
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
That, too, was the direction in which Mangi and Cathay were to be found according to the map of Toscanelli, assuming Cuba to be Cipango: which Columbus at this stage of his enterprise confidently believed.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
"I see here two large islands, Se�or Almirante," continued Pinzon, keeping his eyes on the chart, "one of which is called Antilla, and the other is the Cipango of which your Excellency so often speaketh."
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore
He gives a circumstantial account of the Island of Cipango, a name applying to the group of islands which make up Japan; but it does not appear that he actually entered that kingdom.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Leigh, Dora
Such a feature of "Cipango" could not have escaped notice on his first arrival there, though it might easily have been ignored or passed over as of no special significance in subsequent explorations.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
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