Illustrated Gazetteer of the Maritime Kingdoms

Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms, Volume 23

Page Three

In the nineteenth year 1839, during the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, the various tribes referring to the provinces of the Federal Republic of Central America established themselves as independent nations. After electing their leaders, they reunified, yet they remain fickle and unpredictable a reference to the civil wars and the eventual dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America around 1838–1841.

This land is situated at the narrow strip where North and South America original: "Meilijia" (墨利加) are connected as if by a single line. Its dimensions are six thousand, five hundred and thirty liA traditional Chinese unit of distance; at this time, one li was approximately 500 meters or 0.3 miles in extent. The population consists of one million, one hundred thousand inhabitants.

Along the coastal corners, the harbors are shallow, and ships are unable to enter. To the east, there are silver mountains; the soil produces indigo dye original: "daiqing" (黛靑), a dark blue or green pigment highly valued for textiles in great abundance, and the land is quite fertile.