Cathay this period, many cartographers were placing Cathay on the Pacific coast, north of Beijing (Pekin) which was already well-known to Europeans. The borders drawn on some of these maps would first make Cathay the northeastern section of China (e.g. by Gerardus Mercator), or, later, a region separated by China by the Great Wall and possibly some mountains and/or wilderness (as in a by Jodocus Hondius, or a by John Speed). J. J. L. Duyvendak hypothesized that it was the ignorance of the fact that "China" is the mighty "Cathay" of Marco Polo that allowed the Dutch governor of East Indies
Cathay Pacific fleet ceremony in Toulouse, the aircraft was painted in a "100th aircraft" livery with the slogan "100th aircraft", and the slogan in traditional Chinese "進步精神" painted on the rear of the aircraft. The aircraft was named "Progress Hong Kong", a name that was chosen from a competition by the staff. In November 2011, Cathay Pacific received its second 747-8 Freighter (B-LJA) which was painted in the "Hong Kong Trader" livery. The livery was designed to commemorate the topping out of the new Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal. The name of the livery is taken from Cathay Pacific's very first 747 freighter which