Citations:Hsia-men
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English citations of Hsia-men
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- 1990, Richard Humble, The Travels of Marco Polo (Exploration Through the Ages)[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 25:
- They sailed from the great seaport of Cathay: Zaiton (modern Hsia-men), in a fleet of fourteen ships brought together on Kublai's orders. The ships Marco described were far bigger than anything built in Europe at that time.
- 2003, Cheng-sheng Tu, translated by Paul Cooper, Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene in the 17th Century[2], →OCLC, →OL, page 27:
- After Li Tan's death in 1625, Hsu Hsin-su (許心素), leader of the Chang-chou people dwelling in and around the city of Hsia-men (廈門, or Amoy), emerged as his successor.
- 2007, Ronald Findlay, Kevin O'Rourke, Power and Plenty[3], Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 173:
- Chinese traders, mostly from the southern ports of Amoy (Hsia-men) and Canton, took raw silk, fabrics, and apparel to Manila, where these cargoes were sold for silver and carried back for sale in the New World.