 | 1876 - 166 pagina’s
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 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Straits Branch, Reinhold Rost - 1887 - 342 pagina’s
...the water ; the natives sell pearls to the Chinese, and on the large ones enormous profits are made. When the (Chinese) merchant vessels leave, a few of...detained as hostages for their coming back again. In addition to the above article we find the following in the TUNG Hsi YANG K'AU (1618). Book V. "Of... | |
 | 1887 - 532 pagina’s
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 | 1958 - 940 pagina’s
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 | R. A. Donkin - 1998 - 486 pagina’s
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 | R. A. Donkin - 1998 - 486 pagina’s
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 | Reinhold Rost - 2000 - 340 pagina’s
...the water ; the natives sell pearls to the Chinese, and on the large ones enormous profits are made. When the (Chinese) merchant vessels leave, a few of...their men are detained as hostages for their coming hack again. "Near Sulu there is a country called Kan-yoh, from where tortoise-shell comes." In addition... | |
 | Peter Francis - 2002 - 366 pagina’s
...to the Chinese and on the large ones enormous profits are made. When the (Chinese) merchant-vessels leave, a few of their men are detained as hostages for their coming back again" (Groeneveldt 1876, 105). 1gnoring the night-lights and the poor hospitality shown to Chinese merchants,... | |
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... the outer fibres of the bamboo are woven into cloth. The weather is always hot. " There is a pond with pearls in it, and at night their light is seen on the surface of the water ; the natives sell pearls to the Chinese, and on the large ones enormous... 