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
Upon Columbus questioning them as to the country which produced gold, they always indicated one towards the east, a country which they called Cibao, and which the admiral continued to identify with Cipango or Japan.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Dora Leigh
"To Cipango, and the territories of the Great Khan; forty days' sail from Gomera, and a country of marvellous beauty and excellence!"
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by J. Fenimore Cooper
However that may be, Columbus promptly decided to steer straight for Cipango, with the result that he reached the northern shore of the eastern part of Cuba.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
It has been commonly assumed, apparently with little dispute or attempt at investigation, that Cipango was Japan.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
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