=Wandewash=, Madras. 12N. 80E. Lally-Tollendal defeated by Sir Eyre Coote 1760.
=Wei-hai-wei=, China. 37N. 122E. Great Chinese arsenal established, 1883; seized by Japanese, 1895; leased to British, 1898. (See Diosy's 'New Far East.')
=Wi-ju=, Korea. 40N. 125E. Here Manchus entered Korea, 1627; Japanese entered Manchuria, 1894, 1904. (See McKenzie's 'From Tokyo to Tiflis.')
=Wu-chang=, China. 30N. 114E. Captured by Taiping rebels, 1853.
=Yakutsk=, Eastern Siberia. 62N. 130E. F. by Cossacks, 1632.
=Yalu=, Korea. 40N. 125E. Japanese under Admiral Ito defeated Chinese fleet at mouth of Yalu, 1894; passage forced by Japanese during Russo-Japanese War, 1904. (See McKenzie's 'From Tokyo to Tiflis.')
=Yamaguchi=, Japan. 34N. 131E. Mission established by St. Francis Xavier, 1550.
=Yanbo=, Arabia. 24N. 38E. Landing-place for Egyptian pilgrims. (See Burton's 'Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah,' Burckhardt's 'Travels in Arabia.')
=Yarkand=, Chinese Turkestan. 38N. 78E. Annexed to Chinese Empire, 1757; captured by Dungans, 1864; recaptured by Chinese, 1877. (See 'Travels of Marco Polo.')
=Yokasuka=, Japan. 35N. 140E. Will Adams, the English pilot, landed here, 1600; tomb in vicinity of town.
=Yokohama=, Japan. 35N. 140E. Became residential treaty port, 1858; totally destroyed by fire, 1866. (See Lafcadio Hearn's 'Out of the East'
and 'Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan,' Kipling's 'From Sea to Sea.')
=Zebulon=, Palestine. 33N. 35E. Mentioned several times in the Bible; visited by Lamartine, 1832.
=Zileh=, Asia Minor. 40N. 36E. Formerly celebrated for worship of Anaitis.
Here Julius Caesar defeated Pharnaces, and uttered famous words, 'Veni, vidi, vici.' (See Suetonius' 'De Vita Caesarum,' I. 37.)
INDEX
INDEX
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
B. Bay C. Cape G. Gulf Is. Island L. Lake Mt. Mountain Pk. Peak Pen. Peninsula Pt. Point R. River Str. Strait Vol. Volcano
_Those places marked with an asterisk (*) appear also in the Gazetteer_
PAGE =Abakansk=, Siberia. 54N. 92E., 94
=Abarim Mts.=, Palestine. 32N. 36E., 12
=Abashiri=, Japan. 43N. 144E., 88
=Abazbi=, N.W. Frontier Provs. 34N. 72E., 58
=Abbottabad=, N.W. Frontier Provs. 34N. 73E., 58
=Abdon=, Palestine. 33N. 35E., 12
=Abel-beth-Maachah=, Pales. 33N. 36E., 12
=Abel Shittim=, Palestine. 32N. 36E., 12
[*]=Abila=, Palestine. 33N. 36E., 13
=Abistadah, Lake=, Afghanistan. 33N. 68E., 58
[*]=Abohar=, Punjab. 30N. 74E., 58
=Aboo Mt.=, Rajputana. 25N. 73E., 59
=Abra River=, Philippine Is. 18N. 120E., 77
=Abreojos=, East Indies. 23N. 130E., 75
=Abring=, Kashmir. 34N. 77E., 58
=Abu Arish=, Arabia. 17N. 43E., 44
=Accho=, Palestine. 33N. 35E., 12
=Achin Prov.=, East Indies. 5N. 96E., 74
=Achzib=, Palestine. 33N. 35E., 12
=Actinia Haven=, Siberia. 76N. 98E., 94
[*]=Adalia=, Asia Minor. 36N. 31E., 46
=Adalia, Gulf of=, Asia Minor. 36N. 31E., 46
=Adam's Bridge=, Ceylon. 9N. 80E., 63
[*]=Adam's Peak=, Ceylon. 7N. 80E., 63
=Adana=, Asia Minor. 37N. 36E., 46
[*]=Aden=, Arabia. 13N. 45E., 44