gampu

Updated: May 15, 2025

Twenty-five miles from Quinsai we come to the ocean, between the east and the north-east, near which is a city called Gampu , having an excellent port frequented by merchant ships from the Indies.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

There must be some corruption in the text here; for even Chinese exaggeration could hardly venture upon this computation, which would extend the garrisons in Mangi alone to many millions. If Li, from 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 miles. Supposing Kua-hing to have been Quan-sai, no city appears in the direction indicated in the text for the situation of Gampu.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time