Citations:Pei-kan

English citations of Pei-kan

• [1954, “China Sea Pilot”, in Great Britain Hydrographic Department‎^[1], volume III, page 165:

  Ma-tsu hai-hsai (strait), situated between Ma-tsu shan and Pei-kan-tang tao, north-eastward, has a navigable width of nearly one mile between the reefs on either side.]

• 1970, Ken Fitzgerald, “Asia”, in The Space Age Photographic Atlas‎^[2], Crown Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 196:

  South of Hang-chou Wan (Bay) below Shanghai, the China coastline changes from a smooth, flat topography to one of irregular, rocky promontories and numerous islands. Foochow, the Fugiu of Marco Polo, dates from the seventh century. Offshore the Ma-tsu Lieh-tao (Matsu and Pei-kan, or Changshu^{[sic – meaning Changhsu]} Islands) are heavily fortified Nationalist strongholds.

• 1998, “Matsu”, in Saul B. Cohen, editor, The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1917, column 3:

  The major isls. include Pei-kan and Nan-kan (Mazu). Fishing is the main economic activity.

• 2000, Humphrey Hawksley, Dragon Fire‎^[4], Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 315:

  'We have successfully taken Pei-kan,' said Leung. 'Heavy shelling has been going for twenty minutes from Kinmen.