"Maldive islands" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... distant countries, embassies hastened to him with unusual speed from all quarters at one time; the people beyond the Tigris and the Armenians sued for peace. At another the Indian tribes vied with each other, sending nobles loaded with gifts even from the Maldive Islands and Ceylon; from the south the Moors offered themselves as subjects of the Roman empire; from the north, and also from those hot climates through which the Phasis passes on its way to the sea, and from the people ...
— The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus • Ammianus Marcellinus
... treated as a living thing, whose anger may be appeased by gifts; it is a monster, a dragon.[574] The Spartan Cleomenes, about to start on a voyage, sacrifices a bull to the sea.[575] Offerings to the sea are made in the Maldive Islands.[576] ...
— Introduction to the History of Religions - Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV • Crawford Howell Toy
... Serendib is Ceylon. Senf is Tsiampa, S. Cochin—China. Murphili (or Monsul), the "Valley Mudza (or Mehrage) is Borneo. of Diamonds," is Masulipatam. Kamrun is Java. Roibahat, the "Clove Islands," are Maid, the Camphor Island, is the Maldive Islands. Formosa. Edrisi's names are those which are ...
— A Book of Discovery - The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest - Times to the Finding of the South Pole • Margaret Bertha (M. B.) Synge |
