Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9012
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9012
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1510.—“When we had arrived at the city of Melacha, we were immediately presented to the Sultan, who is a Moor . . . I believe that more ships arrive here than in any other place in the world. . .”—Varthema, 224.