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  2. Belleek Pottery - Wikipedia

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    Belleek Pottery Ltd is a porcelain company that began trading in 1884 as the Belleek Pottery Works Company Ltd in Belleek, County Fermanagh, Ireland in what was to later become Northern Ireland. The factory produces Parian ware that is characterised by its thinness, slightly iridescent surface and body formulated with a significant proportion ...

  3. Porcelain manufacturing companies in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Aynsley China: Longton, Staffordshire: England: Acquired by Belleek Pottery in 1997 1775: Royal Copenhagen: Copenhagen: Denmark: The Royal Copenhagen manufactory's operations began in a converted post office in 1775. 1777: Graf von Henneberg Porcelain, Ilmenau: Ilmenau: Germany: Thuringia 1777: Hollóháza Porcelain Manufactory: Hollohaza ...

  4. Kunyu Wanguo Quantu - Wikipedia

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    Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, printed in Ming China at the request of the Wanli Emperor in 1602 by the Italian Catholic missionary Matteo Ricci and Chinese collaborators, the mandarin Zhong Wentao, and the technical translator Li Zhizao, is the earliest known Chinese world map with the style of European maps. [1]

  5. Geography of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Satellite image of Europe by night 1916 physical map of Europe Topography of Europe. Some geographical texts refer to a Eurasian continent given that Europe is not surrounded by sea and its southeastern border has always been variously defined for centuries. In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby

  6. The Historical Atlas of China - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese territory that existed between the 1750's after the Qing Dynasty had completed its overall unification of China and 1840's before the aggression and encroachment on China by the imperialist powers is the territorial and geographical scope and range of China, a logical and natural formation from the historical process over thousands ...

  7. Category:Historical geography of China - Wikipedia

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  8. China’s new national map has angered its neighbors - AOL

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    The Philippines has become the latest of China’s neighbors to object to its new national map, joining Malaysia and India in releasing strongly worded statements accusing Beijing of claiming ...

  9. Belleek - Wikipedia

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    Belleek may refer to: Belleek, County Fermanagh, a village and civil parish in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Belleek Pottery, the village's major industry; Belleek, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland (also known as Belleeks). Belleek, County Mayo, an estate outside Ballina