Citations:Sichuan

English citations of Sichuan

• [1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎^[1], London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 242:

  In Suchue, on Mount Tiexe, the ſtones that grow there being burnt in the fire, drop Iron, which is very fit for the making Swords.]

• [1738, J. B. Du Halde, “PROVINCE XI. SE-CHWEN.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet‎^[2], volume I, London, page 111:

  SE-CHWEN is hardly inferior to any of the other Provinces, either for Extent or Plenty. It is bounded on the North by that of Shen-ſi ; on the Eaſt by Hû-quang ; on the South by Hû-quang and Yun-nan ; and on the Weſt by the Kingdom of Tibet, and certain neighbouring People.]