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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Formosa
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A large island off the coast of China, from which it is separated by the Fukien Channel, 90 m. broad. Formosa was ceded to Japan by the Chinese in 1895; it is an island of much natural beauty, and is traversed N. and S. by a fine range of hills; is famed for its bamboos, and exports coal, rice, tea, &c. Name also of a large territory in the Argentine.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Formosa'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/f/formosa.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Formosa'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/f/formosa.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
