Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms: Volume 62


Delaware State also written as Delaware original: "Di-na-zhu."	Virginia State also written as Virginia original: "Wa-ye-ni-a."	North Carolina State also written as North Carolina original: "Bei Ge-luo-li."	Ohio State also written as Ohio original: "A-xi-a."	Kentucky State also written as Kentucky original: "Gen-te-ji."
Maryland original: "Ma-li-lan."	South Carolina State also written as South Carolina original: "Nan Ge-luo-li."	Georgia State also written as Georgia original: "Ruo-zhi-a."	Michigan State original: "Mi-zhi-yan."	Florida State also written as Florida original: "Fo-luo-li-da."

The twenty states The original text uses the term "bu," meaning "division" or "department," to refer to the individual U.S. states. listed above all belong to the Eastern Route of America The "Eastern Route" likely refers to the Eastern United States, reflecting how 19th-century Chinese geographers mapped out the country along specific travel or trade corridors..