s the samestory of the great amount of gold drawn from Java ; and De Barros says that Sunda,i.e. Western Java, which the Portuguese regarded as a distinct island, producedinferior gold of 7 carats, but that pepper was the staple, of which the annual supplywas more than 30,000 cwt. {Rain. I.… … Ship of the Middle Ages in the Java Seas. (From Bas-relief at Boro Bodor.) (En u%\t Isle bwtunt grant qtrantitl be ncs, t hz mtt&nt* qt hi ncatcnt fcemaintes metcattfcies ct hi font grant jjaagnc. same that Odoric and Conti assign. No doubt it was a tradition among the Arabseamen. They never…
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