Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF PYRARD'S VOYAGE
- ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA
- TITLE PAGE OF THE THIRD FRENCH EDITION
- DEDICATORY EPISTLE
- HEADINGS OF CHAPTERS
- THE VOYAGE OF FRANçOIS PYRARD
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- CHAPTER XXIX
- Map
CHAPTER XVIII
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF PYRARD'S VOYAGE
- ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA
- TITLE PAGE OF THE THIRD FRENCH EDITION
- DEDICATORY EPISTLE
- HEADINGS OF CHAPTERS
- THE VOYAGE OF FRANçOIS PYRARD
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- CHAPTER XXIX
- Map
Summary
Having said enough of the island, I come now to tell more particularly of the king of the Maldives, his genealogy, wives, conduct, and divers events that happened in his time. This king often asked me about the king of France, his age, manner of life, wars, armaments, ships, cannon, and other matters, and if the two ships we came in belonged to him. I answered him in some detail on these points, and said that if our king were to send ships to the Indies, it would not he two or three only, but two or three hundred, which surprised him much. He also inquired if the French were the Franki or Franqui who were spoken of in the Indies. This question I could not well resolve at the time, but since then I have learnt that this name Franki signifies all the Western peoples: to wit, the French, Italians, Spaniards, and other Europeans, but principally the French, who in former days, by their great conquest in the holy wars of the East, wherein they took the leading part, have left their name in the Indies, since then applied in common to the rest.
The king of the Maldives asked me many other questions, among others, of the court of our king, which I described to him at length as best I could. Then I enlarged upon the greatness of the king and his state, with all which he was highly pleased.
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- The Voyage of François Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas and Brazil , pp. 242 - 264Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1887