Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13026
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13026
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1510.—“My companion said, ‘What means then might there be for going to this island?’ They answered: ‘That it was necessary to purchase a *chiampana*, that is a small vessel, of which many are found there.’”—*Varthema*, 242.