Works, Volume 49Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 65
... four per cent . , thus fish is good cheap , and is the food most used among them , for they eat but little flesh meat , and in this land there is but little breeding of flocks and herds . Some of them are very rich and well off , and ...
... four per cent . , thus fish is good cheap , and is the food most used among them , for they eat but little flesh meat , and in this land there is but little breeding of flocks and herds . Some of them are very rich and well off , and ...
Page 153
... four havens where there are rich merchants and great towns inhabited as well by Moors as by the Heathen who possess it . The city of Peeguu is situate inland seven or eight leagues from the sea on a small river which is a branch of ...
... four havens where there are rich merchants and great towns inhabited as well by Moors as by the Heathen who possess it . The city of Peeguu is situate inland seven or eight leagues from the sea on a small river which is a branch of ...
Page 222
... four laras make a fanão . Eight diamonds weighing one Mangiar , ( that is to say two - thirds of a quilate ) Fanams . are worth .. .. Six Do. Do. Four Do. Do. Two Do. Do. One Do. Do. 30 40 60 80 100 [ the list continues up to ] One of 8 ...
... four laras make a fanão . Eight diamonds weighing one Mangiar , ( that is to say two - thirds of a quilate ) Fanams . are worth .. .. Six Do. Do. Four Do. Do. Two Do. Do. One Do. Do. 30 40 60 80 100 [ the list continues up to ] One of 8 ...
Contents
Here BEGINNETH THE LAND OF MALABAR | 1 |
KINGDOM of CananoR | 79 |
90 THE KINGDOM OF COCHIN | 92 |
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