Cathay 1513), they started calling the country by the name used in South and South-East Asia. It was not immediately clear to the Europeans whether this "China" is the same country as "Cathay" known from Marco Polo. Therefore, it would not be uncommon for 16th-century maps to apply the label "China" just to the coastal region already well known to the Europeans (e.g., just Guangdong on Abraham Ortelius' 1570 map), and to place the mysterious Cathay somewhere inland. It was a small group of Jesuits, led by Matteo Ricci who, being able both to travel throughout China and to read, learned
Cathay Pacific fleet Cathay Pacific fleet Cathay Pacific operates an all-wide-body fleet composed of Airbus A330, Airbus A350 XWB and Boeing 777 aircraft. As of December 2018, the Cathay Pacific passenger fleet comprises the following aircraft: As of December 2017, the Cathay Pacific Cargo fleet comprises the following aircraft: Cathay Pacific Cargo operates to more than 40 destinations around the world, in addition to utilising the cargo space on the passenger aircraft. The cargo subsidiary was established in 1981 with a twice-a-week Hong Kong–Frankfurt–London service operated jointly with Lufthansa. Cathay Pacific Cargo handles most of the airline's passenger cargo. Between its cargo routes