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Cipango
[ si-pang-goh ]
Cipango
/ sɪˈpæŋɡəʊ /
noun
- (in medieval legend) an island E of Asia: called Zipangu by Marco Polo and sought by Columbus; identified with Japan
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It was a common belief, moreover, that somewhere in this void lay the great island of Cipango,—the goal of Columbus's voyage.
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With this rude foretaste, Columbus determined to push on for the richer Cipango.
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As far as Columbus was concerned he was sure that he had found some one of the outermost islands of Cipango or Japan.
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He had, also, given accounts of Japan or Cipango, which he had himself never visited.
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Columbus made another fortress, or tower, on the border of King Guarionexius's country, between his kingdom and Cipango.
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