[Yanbo], Arabia. 24N. 38E. Landing-place for Egyptian pilgrims. (See Burton's 'Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah,' Burckhardt's 'Travels in Arabia.')

Yarkand, Chinese Turkestan. 38N. 78E. Annexed to Chinese Empire, 1757; captured by Dungans, 1864; recaptured by Chinese, 1877. (See 'Travels of Marco Polo.')

Yokasuka, Japan. 35N. 140E. Will Adams, the English pilot, landed here, 1600; tomb in vicinity of town.

[Yokohama], Japan. 35N. 140E. Became residential treaty port, 1858; totally destroyed by fire, 1866. (See Lafcadio Hearn's 'Out of the East' and 'Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan,' Kipling's 'From Sea to Sea.')

[Zebulon], Palestine. 33N. 35E. Mentioned several times in the Bible; visited by Lamartine, 1832.

[Zileh], Asia Minor. 40N. 36E. Formerly celebrated for worship of Anaitis. Here Julius Cæsar defeated Pharnaces, and uttered famous words, 'Veni, vidi, vici.' (See Suetonius' 'De Vita Cæsarum,' I. 37.)

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