Crossword-Solution: DESHIMA
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| Island in Nagasaki Harbor. | 1 answer |
| NAGASAKI harbor/harbour island | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEARE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DESHIMA (5)
They were compelled to abandon their good quarters at Hirado, and transfer their factory to Deshima,--a tiny island only six hundred feet long, by two hundred and forty feet wide.
THE DUTCH AT DESHIMA In 1609, the Dutch made their appearance in Japan, and received an excellent welcome.
Customs duties amounting to five per cent, were levied; 495 pounds of silver had to be paid annually as a rent for the little island of Deshima, and every year a mission had to proceed to Yedo from the factory, carrying presents for the chief Bakufu officials, which presents are said to have aggregated some 550 pounds of silver on each occasion.
Foreigners were forbidden to enter, except the Dutch traders who were confined to the little island of Deshima.
Under the latter influence a remarkable book (Kai-koku Hei-dan) was compiled by Hayashi Shibei, who had associated for some time with the Dutch at Deshima.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1951).