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Goto Islands
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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GOTO ISLANDS [GoTO Retto, GoTTO], a group of islands belonging to Japan, lying west of Kiushiu, in 33° N., 129° E. The southern of the two principal islands, Fukae-shima, measures 17 m. by 13 2; the northern, Nakaori-shima, measures 23 m. by 7 z These islands lie almost in the direct route of steamers plying between Nagasaki and Shanghai, and are distant some 50 m. from Nagasaki. Some dome-shaped hills command the old castletown of Fukae. The islands are highly cultivated; deer and other game abound, and trout are plentiful in the mountain streams. A majority of the inhabitants are Christians.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Goto Islands'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/goto-islands.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Goto Islands'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/goto-islands.html. 1910.
