Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c14.t4.112

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The next account of Java we get from the writings of Pigafetta, an Italian sailor, who accompanied the Spanish captain Fernao de Magalhoes in his famous voyage of exploration in 1519 A.D. Pigafetta’s ship lay before the port of Timor from the end of January to the beginning of February, 1522, and we find the following entry in his journal: “The greatest cities in Java are these: Majapahit, whose king, when he lived, was the greatest of all these islands and was called Raja Pati Unus, Sunda,—in this grows much pepper—, Daha, Demak, Gajahmada, Mentaraman, Japara, Sidayu, Tuban, Gresik, Surabaya, and Bali.”