The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants, Volume 1An Account Of The Countries Bordering On The Indian Ocean And Their Inhabitants; Written By Duarte Barbosa And Completed About The Year 1518 A.D. Vol 1: Including The Coasts Of East Africa, Arabia, Persia And Western India As Far As The Kingdom Of Vijayanagar. Vol. Ii: Including The Coasts Of Malabar, Eastern India, Further India, China And The Indian Archipelago. |
Contents
HERE BEGINNETH THE LAND OF MALABAR | 1 |
KINGDOM OF CANANOR | 79 |
THE KINGDOM OF COCHIN | 92 |
CAPE OF CUMERI | 102 |
THE ISLAND OF CEILAM | 109 |
QUILICARE | 120 |
MAILAPUR | 126 |
KINGDOM OF OTISA | 132 |
ARCHIPELAGO OF MALACA | 180 |
ÇUNDA | 189 |
JAOA THE LESS | 194 |
THE ISLAND OF CELEBE | 204 |
MALUQUO | 206 |
THE VERY GREAT KINGDOM OF CHINA | 211 |
SUPPLEMENT ON PRECIOUS STONES AND SPICES NOT | 223 |
THE DIVERS KINDS OF SPICES WHERE THEY GROW WHAT | 227 |
THE KINGDOM OF BENGALA | 135 |
KINGDOM OF BERMA | 148 |
MARTABAN | 157 |
THE CITY AND REALM OF MALACA | 169 |
FURTHER NOtes and EMENDATIONS TO VOL I | 233 |
Extracts from the Decadas da Asia of João | 239 |
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Ali Raja alluded Arab Archipelago bahar Barbosa Barros Bengal Borneo Bramenes Calicut called Cambaya Cananor Castanheda caste Cathay ceremony Ceylon Champa China Chinese Chittagong cinnamon cloth coast Cochin colour Correa Coulam custom Dalgado derived doubt Duarte Barbosa East elephants fanams farazola Fernão Ferrand Francisco Serrão Ganges given gives Glossario gold Hobson-Jobson Ibn Batuta India island Jaoa Java King Kingdom known Kovilagam Kshatriya land leagues Linschoten Lord Malabar Malaca Malay Malayalam Marco Polo Martaban mentioned merchants Moorish Moors and Heathen Muhammadan Nambūtiri Narsyngua Nayar Nayres Orta palace passage Pegu pepper Periplus port Portuguese Portuguese text probably Pulicat quilates Raja Ramusio river rubies sail says ships Siam sixteenth century Spanish version speaks Sthānis stones Sumatra sword temple thereof thither Thurston town trade Varthema Vijayanagar voyage women word Yule and Cordier Zamorin