The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453 / In the Collections of the American Geographical Society

by John Kirtland Wright

271 Illeg.: =?

272 m...(?): ?Malao, on both Trapobana and Iana, CA; Mallao, on Jaua, CE:=?.

273 leuia: Leroa, on Trapobana, CA;=?

274 y. caina: Caynam, CA, CE;=?Andaman Islands (Buchon and Tastu, p. 137).

275 ixole doue na[se] p | et altre spe[z] ie (islands where pepper and other spices are produced): Legend on CA runs: “In the sea of the Indies are 7548 islands of which we cannot enumerate here the marvelous riches, not only in gold and silver but also in spices and precious stones”; from Polo (ii, 264), who also, like Leardo, mentions pepper.

276 y^a de ceridus: Ceredim, CE; ?Serendib, Arabic name for Ceylon.

277 y ..corto(?): ?Setrocha, CE;=?Socotra.

278 Nameless island, corresponds in shape and position to the Iana of CA and Jaua of CE;=Java (Cordier, CA, p. 61);=Sumatra (Gerini, p. 834).

279 Legends on this island illegible; it is, however, similar in shape to Salam or Silan of CE;=?Ceylon.

280 Illeg.: =?