Meanings
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of Guizhou.
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.
1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 181 more example
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.
1721, John Senex, A New General Atlas, Containing A Geographical And Historical Account Of All The Empires, Kingdoms And Other Dominions Of The World, London, →OCLC, page 215
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