Citations:Corea
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English citations of Corea
- 1699, William Dampier, A New Voyage round the World, page 274
- I would take the ſame method if I was to go to diſcover the North Eaſt Paſſage. I would winter about Japan, Corea, or the North Eaſt part of China; and taking the Spring and Summer before me, I would make my firſt trial on the Coaſt of Tartary [...]
- 1788, unknown translator, Jean-Baptiste Grosier, A General Description of China, page 245
- The Mantchews, thus maſters of Corea, endeavoured to compel their new ſubjects to ſhave their heads, after their manner, and to adopt the Tartar dreſs.
- 1888 April 7, “'The Hermit Land.'”, in Chambers's Journal (Fifth Series)[1], volume V, number 223, →OCLC, page 209:
- The Amnok, called also the Yalu, is a fine river which divides Corea from Manchuria.
- 1899, William George Aston, A History of Japanese Literature, page 3:
- Here lies the peninsula of Corea, inhabited by a nation distinct from the Chinese in race and language, but from ancient times dependent both politically and intellectually on its powerful neighbour.
- 1922, Elizabeth F. Parker, Amber, page 12:
- In the latter country it is mostly black and known as Whitby jet, while in Corea and Japan it is red in color and opaque.