Universal History, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 of 25

Excerpt from Universal History, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 of 25: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 The northern part of Korea is barren, Woody, and mountainous is infested with wild beasts, and very thinly inhabited the southern division is rich and fertile, abounding with cattle, and fowl and game of all sorts it likewise produces żax, cotton, and silk, the two former of which are manufactured by the natives, but the last is sent to China in its unwrought state. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.