Peking, Province

1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun.

Peking, Pechinum, the principal Province in the Kingdom of China. Bounded on the East by Leaotum, and Xantum; on the North by Tartary, and the great Wall; on the West by Xansi, and on the South by Honan. The principal City is Peking, Pechinum. The Province of Peking contains eight Capital Cities; one hundred and thirty five lesser Cities; four hundred and eighteen thousand nine hundred eighty nine Families.

1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri.

Pequin, Pekin, or Pecheli, a Province of China, and one of the principal of that Kingdom, with a City of the same name, the Capital of the Kingdom. This Province hath that of L•aotum, and the Gulf of Nanquin to the E. Densi to the W. Homean and Xantung to the S. and to the N. the Mountains and Wall that separates it from Tartary. The City of Pequin is the Capital of all China since the Year 1404; stands thirty Leagues from the great Wall in a Country ill manur'd, very famous for the Palace of its Kings▪ its Grandeur, Buildings and number of Inhabitants; but the Tartars wasted it very much during their Conquest of China, but is daily repair'd. The other Towns of this Province are Paoting, Hoki•n, Chinting, Xunta, Quanping, Taming, Junping, with 135 lesser Cities which contain 418989 Families. Martin Martini Athl. Sinac.