Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.706

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1552.—“Having dispatched this vessel, he (V. da Gama) turned to follow his voyage, desiring to erect the *padrão* (votive pillar) of which we have spoken; and not finding a place that pleased him better, he erected one on certain islets joined (as it were) to the land, giving it the name of Sancta Maria, whence these islands are now called Saint Mary’s Isles, standing between *Bacanor* and *Baticalá*, two notable places on that coast.”—*De Barros*, i. iv. 11.