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(Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Serica, a great Region of the ancient Asia; betwixt China to the East, and the Mountain Imaus to the West: famous heretofore for Manufactures in Silk. Its Cities were Issedon, Serica, Ottorocorra, Piada, &c. The Inhabitants are known in Antiquity by the name of Seres. This Country at present lies contained in the Kingdoms of Niuche, Tangut, &...") |
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1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun.
Serica, a great Region of the ancient Asia; betwixt China to the East, and the Mountain Imaus to the West: famous heretofore for Manufactures in Silk. Its Cities were Issedon, Serica, Ottorocorra, Piada, &c. The Inhabitants are known in Antiquity by the name of Seres. This Country at present lies contained in the Kingdoms of Niuche, Tangut, &c. in the Asiatick Tartary, to which some add Cathay. As some include it in the ancient Scythia Asiatica, others make them separate. The Occhardus (now Tartar) is a River of Serica.