Mirabilia descripta: The wonders of the East

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Catalani Bishop of Columbum active 1302-1330 Jordanus. Mirabilia descripta: The wonders of the East

Mirabilia descripta: The wonders of the East

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PREFACE

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MARVELS DESCRIBED. BY. FRIAR JORDANUS, OF THE ORDER OF PREACHERS, NATIVE OF SEVERAC, AND BISHOP OF COLUMBUM IN INDIA THE GREATER

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II. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING ARMENIA

III. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING THE REALM OF PERSIA

IV. CONCERNING INDIA THE LESS.[71]

V. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING INDIA THE GREATER

VI. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING INDIA TERTIA.[150]

VII. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING THE GREATER ARABIA

VIII. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING THE GREAT TARTAR.[163]

IX. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING CALDEA

X. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING THE LAND OF ARAN

XI. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING THE LAND OF MOGAN.[176]

XII. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING THE CASPIAN HILLS

XIII. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING GEORGIANA

XIV. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING THE DISTANCES OF COUNTRIES

XV. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING THE ISLAND OF CHIOS

XVI. CONCERNING TURKEY.[190]

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INDEX TO THE MIRABILIA OF JORDANUS AND THE COMMENTARY THEREON

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Catalani Bishop of Columbum active 1302-1330 Jordanus

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So also Conti, early in the fifteenth century, on his return from the Eastern Archipelago, departing from Champa (Cambodia), doubtless in one of those same ships of China, after a month’s voyage arrives at Coloen, a noble city, three days from Cochin, and “situated in the province called Melibaria.”

Coming down to later times, Barbosa, in the first years of the sixteenth century, speaks of Coulon still as the great pepper port, the seat of one of the three (chief) kings of Malabar, and where lived many Moors, Gentiles, and Christians, who were great merchants, and had many ships trading to Coromandel, Ceylon, Bengal, Pegu, Malacca, Sumatra, etc.

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