CEYLON AS KNOWN TO THE MOORS, GENOESE, AND VENETIANS.

The Moors of Ceylon [629]
Their origin [629]
The early Mahometans in India [629]
Arabians anciently settled in Ceylon [630]
Real descent of the modern "Moormen" [631]
Their occupation as traders, ancestral [632]
Their hostilities with the Portuguese [633]
They might have been rulers of Ceylon [633]
Indian trade prior to the route by the Cape [634]
The Genoese and Venetians in the East [634]
Rise of the Mongol empire [635]
Marco Polo, A.D. 1271 [635]
Visits Ceylon [636]
Friar Odoric, A.D. 1318 [636]
Jordan de Severac, A.D. 1323 (note) [637]
Giov. de Marignola, A.D. 1349 (note) [637]
Nicola di Conti, A.D. 1444 [637]
- The first traveller who speaks of Cinnamon [638]
Jerome de Santo Stefano (note) [639]
Ludov. Barthema, A.D. 1506 [639]
Odoardo Barbosa, A.D. 1509 [640]
Andrea Corsali, A.D. 1515 (note) [640]
Cesar Frederic, A.D. 1563 [641]
Course of trade changed by the Cape route [642]
Irritation of the Venetians [643]