[DOC] [TLE] Why is Japan called 'Japan' in English instead of 'Nippon'? - Quora [PAR] Feb 23, 2016 ... Nippon is Japanese and not English. There is a famous story in Japan that all ... 
In mid century (1200s), "Zipangu" was first spread to Europe by Italian ... and he 
heard the word Chipangu/Cipangu in mid century China, and ... A number of man 
left on the island were 30,000, when the inhabitants of Zipangu... [DOC] [TLE] Japan Visitor :: i-mode Kanji Clinic [PAR] The August sun in Japan can be merciless, a blazing orb to be fended off with ... 
Much to the surprise of his Japanese teachers at our Nagoya daycare, my first 
child, then aged ... Marco Polo recorded Zipangu as the Chinese pronunciation 
of . ... Just as in English and some other European languages, the sun helps
... [DOC] [TLE] The First Meeting Between Japan and the West - Sophia University ... [PAR] Nov 5, 2005 ... serial drama, "Nobunaga, King of Zipangu", featuring the life of the warlord Oda. 
Nobunaga ... relations, especially as the 450th anniversary of the Europeans' first 
arrival occurs in l993. ... Polo never came to Japan, but he heard about the .... 
curious about the men from the unknown and mysterious West. [DOC] [TLE] (Japan on World Maps of the Sixteenth Century). - JStor [PAR] All that Europe knew of Japan up to the end of the 15th century was Marco Polo's 
... of " Zipangu " on western maps before 1500 A. D. One of these is on the map 
on ... 'He calls attention to the ... The Portuguese first arrived in 1542, driven by a 
storm; and in ... heard of Shikoku and western Honshu from natives and Chinese,
. [DOC] [TLE] The White Man's Burden - JStor [PAR] about 1254 till 1324, and was the first known white man to penetrate "Far ... 
certain island called Zipangu, lying off the coast of China, of whose riches ... Or 
that Japan drove back the. Russians ... were opposed by all those European 
Powers whose nationals profit ... The cry of "Asia for the Asiatics" is seldom heard 
and but. [DOC] [TLE] Why do we call Nippon Japan? | IGN Boards - IGN.com [PAR] I didn't say we call it japan, I asked why we called the country in question Japan. 
... first Westerners to visit Japan and they had heard of a country called ... They 
were already calling Japan Zipangu or Jipangu when they first arrived in .... 
Trust me, no european can mangle the pronunciation THAT bad. [DOC] [TLE] The Japanese. - Digital Library Project [PAR] The earliest mention of Japan by European travelers is by Marco Polo, who from 
1272 to ... was first to visit China, and on his return to search for the famous 
Zipangu. ... than a man's, and in full dress forms a train which is stiffened with 
wadding. ... In place of socks they wear what are called tabi, made of cotton cloth, 
usually... [DOC] [TLE] Waldseemller map - Wikipedia [PAR] The Waldseemller map, Universalis Cosmographia, is a printed wall map of the 
world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemller, originally published in 
April 1507. It is known as the first map to use the name "America". ... The first 
historical records of Europeans to set eyes on this ocean, the Pacific, are 
recorded as... [DOC] [TLE] Nippon or Nihon? No consensus on Japanese pronunciation of ... [PAR] Feb 16, 2014 ... Although he never actually made it to Japan he heard of the place from those he 
met in China. ... is the correct way to pronounce  simply because it was here 
first. ... with, or you could criticize their Don't worry man, it's cool attitude. ... it 
Nihon, Nippon, Jippon, Japan, Hinomoto, Yamato, Wa, or Zipangu. [DOC] [TLE] Innovation From Mistakes | Phil Luza | LinkedIn [PAR] Sep 15, 2015 ... However, Japan was once believed to be a land overflowing with gold. This myth

Question: Europeans 1st heard of Japan from this man who called it "Zipangu"
Answer: Marco Polo