Wady Hammanah, Syria. 34N. 36E. Gorge near which Lamartine lived.
Wa-fang-kou, Manchuria. 40N. 122E. Russians under General Stackelberg conquered by Japanese, 1904.
[Wakayama], Japan. 34N. 135E. Contains castle of princes of Kishu, f. 1850, and near by is temple of Kumudera, said to be f. 770.
Wandewash, Madras. 12N. 80E. Lally-Tollendal defeated by Sir Eyre Coote 1760.
[Wei-hai-wei], China. 37N. 122E. Great Chinese arsenal established, 1883; seized by Japanese, 1895; leased to British, 1898. (See Diosy's 'New Far East.')
[Wi-ju], Korea. 40N. 125E. Here Manchus entered Korea, 1627; Japanese entered Manchuria, 1894, 1904. (See McKenzie's 'From Tokyo to Tiflis.')
[Wu-chang], China. 30N. 114E. Captured by Taiping rebels, 1853.
[Yakutsk], Eastern Siberia. 62N. 130E. F. by Cossacks, 1632.
[Yalu], Korea. 40N. 125E. Japanese under Admiral Ito defeated Chinese fleet at mouth of Yalu, 1894; passage forced by Japanese during Russo-Japanese War, 1904. (See McKenzie's 'From Tokyo to Tiflis.')
[Yamaguchi], Japan. 34N. 131E. Mission established by St. Francis Xavier, 1550.