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I have all this from geographical books and maps, each composed and printed by the Chinese themselves for each of the provinces.
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The speaker says that their information came from written geographical sources: books and maps. They emphasize that these materials were made and printed by Chinese people themselves, and that they covered each province. This presents the sources as locally produced and organized by region.
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- University of Delaware exhibition catalogue, Multiple Middles
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