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" They have gold in the greatest abundance, its sources being inexhaustible; but as the king does not allow of its being exported, few merchants visit the country, nor is it frequented by much shipping from other parts. To this circumstance we are to attribute... "
Japan in Our Day - Page 1
1892 - 293 pages
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An Historical Account of the Circumnavigation of the Globe: And of the ...

Historical account - Discoveries in geography - 1836 - 510 pages
...They have gold," it is said, " in the greatest plenty, its sources beinginexhaustible; but as theking does not allow of its being exported, few merchants...country, nor is it frequented by much shipping from other parts. To this circumstance we are to attribute the extraordinary richness of the sovereign's palace,...
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An Historical Account of the Circumnavigation of the Globe: And of the ...

ACCOUNT. - Discoveries in geography - 1837 - 392 pages
...complexion, well made, and of civilized manners. " They have gold," it is said, " in the greatest plenty, its sources being inexhaustible ; but as the king...exported, few merchants visit the country, nor is it frequentea by much shipping from other parts. To this circumstance we are to attribute the extraordinary...
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Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and American Monthly Review, Volumes 6-7

William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1840 - 616 pages
...Zipnn.ru is the modern Jnpan. " The inhabitants," according to Polo, " have gold in the greatest plenty, its sources being inexhaustible ; but as the king...country, nor is it frequented by much shipping from other parts. To thie circumstance, we arc to attribute the extraordinary richness of the sovereign's palace,...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 6

1840 - 326 pages
...inhabitants," according to Polo, " have gold in the greatest plenty, its sources being inexhaustible ; but a* the king does not allow of its being exported, few...country, nor is it frequented by much shipping from other parts. To this circumstance, we aic to attribute the extraordinary richness of the sovereign's palace,...
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The Travels of Marco Polo the Venetian: The Translation of Marsden Revised ...

Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 544 pages
...worship of idols. They are independent of every foreign power, and governed only by their own kings. 8 They have gold in the -greatest abundance, its sources...country, nor is it frequented by much shipping from other parts. To this circumstance we are to attribute the extraordinary richness of the sovereign's palace,...
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The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian: The Translation of Marsden Revised ...

Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 586 pages
...only by their own kings.3 They have gold in the greatest abundance, its sources being inexhaustible,4 but as the king does not allow of its being exported,...country, nor is it frequented by much shipping from other parts. To this circumstance we are to attribute the extraordinary richness of the sovereign's palace,...
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The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian: The Translation of Marsden Revised ...

Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 548 pages
...by / their own kings. s They have gold in the greatest abundance, its sources being inexhaustible, 4 but as the king does not ; allow of its being exported, few merchants visit the countrv, t nor is it frequented by much shipping from other parts. To this circumstance we are to attribute...
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Japan as it was and is

Richard Hildreth - Literary Criticism - 1855 - 624 pages
...is the worship of idols. They are independent of every foreign power, and governed only by their own kings. They have gold in the greatest abundance, its...country, nor is it frequented by much shipping from other parts. To this circumstance we arc to * The true distance is about five hundred miles ; but, possibly,...
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The gallery of geography, a tour of the world. 6 divisions, Volume 1; Volume 81

Thomas Milner - 1882 - 262 pages
...They have gold,' ho states, ' in the greatest plenty, its sources being inexhaustible ; but as tho king does not allow of its being exported, few merchants...country, nor is it frequented by much shipping from other parts. To this circumstance we are to attribute the extraordinary richness of the sovereign's palace,...
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A History of the Precious Metals: From the Earliest Times to the Present

Alexander Del Mar - Bimetallism - 1901 - 540 pages
...1274, Kublai-Khan's envoys reported to Marco Polo, then living in China, that the Japanese possessed "gold in the greatest abundance, its sources being inexhaustible ; but as the King (the Mikado) does not permit of its being exported, few merchants visit the country, nor is it frequented...
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