Sonderlinge reysen van Joseph, den geboornen Indiaan; bevattende een aanmerklijke beschrijvingh der landen,...

attain the same. Of this also speaks Strabo in his Geographia, book 15, in the chapter beginning: "Nicolaus Damascenus says that he at Antioch, etc."

At Calicut, there is in every year, at a certain appointed time, a very excellent fair. Thither come then multitudes of people from far lands, especially from Cathay; then also from Indiën the Indies, Persien Persia, Meden Media, Assyrien Assyria, Syrien Syria, Turkyen Turkey, Arabien Arabia, and from Egypten Egypt on the renowned river Nile, but primarily from Babylon or Alcair Cairo.

Have heard something of Rome, Venice, and France.

We asked Joseph the Indian if one here also knew how to speak of our lands in Europe? To which he answered that Rome, Venice, and France were in high esteem among them. That in particular the Venetian ducats and silver coinage were of great value here. The same Joseph, having come to Venice, showed there the Venetian Signoria governing council some very old ducats, upon which stood the image of a very old Duke of Venice.

IX. CHAPTER.

Report of the kingdom of Cambaya.

Since we have now given sufficient report of the city of Calicut, we shall now also say something of the lands toward the sunset, or the west, and first of the kingdom of Cambaya, situated over a thousand miles from Calicut. Then from there to the island of Ormus it is three hundred miles.

The island Ormus.

This island lies near the beginning of the Persian River, about twenty miles inland. The place where this river begins is called the Head of Mogolistan. The island comprises in circumference about one hundred and fifty miles. The lord of