"Areca" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... since it was settled by the English, has become the emporium of this trade.—Batavia, Bencoolen, and Achen; the principal articles of export from these islands are cloves, nutmegs, camphire, pepper, sago, drugs, bichedemer, birds' nests, gold dust, ivory, areca nuts, benzoin, tin, &c.: the imports are tea, alum, nankeens, silks, opium, piece goods, cotton, rice, and European manufactures. Manilla is the depot of all the productions of the Philippines, intended to be exported to China, America, and Europe. The exports of these ...
— Robert Kerr's General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 18 • William Stevenson |
