[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.409 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.409 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.409 - **Language:** English ### [c10.409](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.409) c. 1430.—“. . . leaving on his right hand an island called Andemania, which means the island of Gold, the circumference of which is 800 miles. The inhabitants are cannibals. No travellers touch here unless driven to do so by bad weather, for when taken they are torn to pieces and devoured by these cruel savages.”—Conti, in \*India in XV. Cent.\*, 8. - [Previous: c10.408](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.408) - [Next: c10.410](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.410) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.409](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.409) · Pramāṇa