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Queicheu
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Proper noun
en Guizhou.
en 1669 John Nievhoff w:John Ogilby An embassy from the East-India Company An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/ John Macock London 561227535 18 https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/page/n29/ The Fourteenth Kingdom of QUEICHEU.THis Province of Queicheu borders Eaſt and South-eaſt upon the Province of Quangſi, North and North-weſt upon Sucheu.
en 1721 w:John Senex A New General Atlas, Containing A Geographical And Historical Account Of All The Empires, Kingdoms And Other Dominions Of The World https://archive.org/details/new-general-atlas-by-john-senex/ London 422277841 215 https://archive.org/details/new-general-atlas-by-john-senex/page/215/ XII. Queicheu lies Eaſt from Yunnan. The chief Product are Mines of Quickſilver, Copper, and Tin in their Mountains, Sweet Jeſſamin, China Root, and the Flower Quai. The Inhabitants are chiefly employ’d in making Arms, and there are eight great and ſmall Gariſon Cities, beſides many Forts and Caſtles.