Cipangu

Caribbean Sea, the coast of Venezuela, and Central America in a vain search for the island "Cipangu" and the realms of the "Great Khan."

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

Instead, the island that captured the imagination of medieval Europe was spelled in several ways, including Cipangu, Cipango, Zipangu, Siampagu and Cyampagu

Archive 2007-09-01 2007

"The Travels of Marco Polo," published in Japanese by Heibonsha Ltd. in its Toyo Bunko the Eastern Library series, employs the term based on the spelling of Cipangu.

Zipangu and Japan 2007

Instead, the island that captured the imagination of medieval Europe was spelled in several ways, including Cipangu, Cipango, Zipangu, Siampagu and Cyampagu

Zipangu and Japan 2007

"The Travels of Marco Polo," published in Japanese by Heibonsha Ltd. in its Toyo Bunko the Eastern Library series, employs the term based on the spelling of Cipangu.

Archive 2007-09-01 2007

He laid out his maps, with all his calculations, showing Cipangu within easy reach, and Cathay but a short voyage beyond that.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996

Add 28 degrees of land for his findings, and then add another 30 degrees to account for the distance between Cathay and the island nation of Cipangu, and there were only 77 degrees of ocean left to cross.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996

They can spread forth through Cipangu and Cathay, the Spice Islands and India, where millions will hear the sweet name of Jesus Christ and beg for baptism.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996

He had found Cipangu; Cathay and the Spice Islands were close at hand.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996

If Alfragano's calculations were assumed to be in Roman miles, then the 60 degrees of distance between the Canaries and Cipangu would amount to as little as 2,000 nautical miles at the latitudes he would be sailing.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996