How to use Cipango in a sentence
It was a common belief, moreover, that somewhere in this void lay the great island of Cipango,—the goal of Columbus's voyage.
With this rude foretaste, Columbus determined to push on for the richer Cipango.
As far as Columbus was concerned he was sure that he had found some one of the outermost islands of Cipango or Japan.
The True Story of Christopher Columbus | Elbridge S. BrooksHe had, also, given accounts of Japan or Cipango, which he had himself never visited.
The Life of Christopher Columbus from his own Letters and Journals | Edward Everett HaleColumbus made another fortress, or tower, on the border of King Guarionexius's country, between his kingdom and Cipango.
The Life of Christopher Columbus from his own Letters and Journals | Edward Everett Hale
British Dictionary definitions for Cipango
/ (sɪˈpæŋɡəʊ) /
(in medieval legend) an island E of Asia: called Zipangu by Marco Polo and sought by Columbus; identified with Japan
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