Lieuchieu

English Etymology From en fr, from en cmn - 琉球. Proper noun Lieuchieux en historical en Ryukyu. en 1805 August w:William Robert Broughton A Voyage of Diſcovery to the North Pacific Ocean : performed in his Majeſty's Ship Providence and her Tender, in the Years 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798 The Imperial Review https://archive.org/details/sim_the-imperial-review-or-london-edinburgh-and-dublin_1805-08_5_20/ 133100153 138 https://archive.org/details/sim_the-imperial-review-or-london-edinburgh-and-dublin_1805-08_5_20/page/138/ He now directed his courſe between the continent and Formoſa, and, paſſing round the north end of that iſland, and by the great Lieuchieu (where he touched) he came to Japan, and traced its ſouth and eaſt coaſts, to Cape Namba, the N. E. point of that iſland. en 1805 The Annual Review and History of Literature for 1804 https://books.google.com/books?id=SxsZAAAAYAAJ III London w:Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme 1481493 93 https://books.google.com/books?id=SxsZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA93 From Tchosan captain Broughton proceeded to the Yellow Sea ; then standing to the east, he examined a cluster of small islands, about 3° north of the Lieuchieu-group, and afterwards Corea, made the best of his way, by the usual track to the north of Formosa, to Macao, where he arrived on the 27th of November. en 1844 Catalogue of the Manuscript Maps, Charts, and Plans, and of the Topographical Drawings in the British Museum https://books.google.com/books?id=EvmziPYwmkAC I London 150501944 36 https://books.google.com/books?id=EvmziPYwmkAC&pg=PA36 Portions of a large General Atlas or Chart of the World, on a plane scale, drawn in colors on vellum, by a Dutch artists, whose initials are Du. P., at Batavia, in 1662-1683.[...]The coast of China to 35° N., with the islands of Formosa and Kiusiu, the isles of Lieuchieu, etc.; on 5 sheets : together 8 f. 2 in. x 1 f. 10 in. en 1859 CHINESE EMPIRE A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge https://books.google.com/books?id=K9A9AQAAMAAJ II Edinburgh w:A. Fullarton & Co. 4274313 514 https://books.google.com/books?id=K9A9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA514 The Chinese empire comprehends CHINA PROPER, the peninsula of COREA, the islands of HAINAN, FORMOSA, and the LIEUCHIEU archipelago; MANDSHURIA, including LIATUNG; MONGOLIA, SUNGARIA, LITTLE BUKHARIA, EASTERN and WESTERN TIBET, and the territories of the Tartars of KOKONOR.