Xantung

The Tartars hearing of his death (before the China Armie had a new General aſſigned) raiſe the ſiege, ranſack all the Country round about, and after they had made excurſions to the next bordering Province of Xantung, richly laden with all manner of Spoiles, returne to their firſt reſidence in Leaotung.

1655, F. Alvarez Semedo, “Bellum Tartaricum”, in The History of That Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, E. Tyler, page 266

Xantung, the fourth in number amongſt the Northern Provinces, may juſtly be eſteem'd a great Iſland, being on the North, Eaſt, and South, waſh'd by the Sea, and on the Weſt by ſeveral Rivers, ſo that it is round about Navigable ; It borders Northward upon the Province of Peking, and the Bay of Xung ; in the Eaſt touches the Sea, and cut through the middle by the River Ci ; in the South it conterminates with the Province of Nanking, from which ſeparated by the Yellow River ; the remainder to the Weſt lies at the Stream Guei, and inclos'd by the Channel Jun.

1671, Arnoldus Montanus, translated by John Ogilby, Atlas Chinensis, London: Tho. Johnson, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 503

Xantung may juſtly be eſteemed an Iſland, being waſhed by the Sea on one ſide, and ſeparated by ſeveral Rivers on the other, and is divided into ſix Countries.

1693, Robert Morden, “Of China”, in Geography Rectified; or a Description of the World, 3rd edition, page 439

This learned and venerable Confucius lived ſeveral hundred Years (†) before the Birth of Chriſt, was born in the Province of Xantung, as is hinted in the third Chapter, and died according to ſome in the Seventy third, or according to others in the Sixty third year of his Age.

1706, Dionysius Kao, A Short Description of the Vaſt Empire of China, London, page 168

This insect, with whose specific name we are not yet acquainted, is cultivated chiefly in the province of Xantung, like the cochineal in that of Oaxaxa, and there its breed has attained great perfection; but it is also reared with more or less success from the frontiers of Thibet to the Pacific Ocean.

1864, Thomas Lamb Phipson, The Utilization of Minute Life, London: Groombridge and Sons, page 68