Cipango
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
He found pearl oysters along the shore, and although no splendid cities as yet appeared, he did not doubt that he had reached Cipango.
From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John
He was utterly convinced, now, he had reached Cipango, that wonderful spot which, according to Marco Polo, possessed mountains of gold, and a shore the sands of which were strewn with oriental pearls.
From Cuba Past and Present by Davey, Richard
He began to hear of an island in that direction named Cuba, which, from the mistaken ideas of geography current at the time, he took for Marco Polo’s famed gold island of Cipango.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick
We are, at this moment, seven hundred and seven leagues from Ferro, and fast drawing near to the meridian of Cipango.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore
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