tshangtu

Updated: May 25, 2025

This foolish story of Prester John has been explained in a former note. Cianga-nor, Cianganior, Cyangamor, or Tsahan-nor, in lat. 45°. 30. N. long. 117°. E. Marco, in these accounts of the different districts of Tangut, seems to have followed no regular order, but goes from one to another, as fancy or memory served. Forst. Cyandi, Xandu, or Tshangtu. Forst.

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