Madagascar: And Its People (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Madagascar: And Its PeopleIn 1506 a Portuguese squadron, consisting of eight vessels, under the command of Fernan Suarez, returning from India to Portugal, was thrown upon the coast of a large island, which they called San Loureng'o, the inhabitants of which were very numerous, of simple manners, and who had not up to that time heard of the religion of Christ. This island was that to which Marco Polo had already applied the name of Madeigastar, from information obtained by him in China, by which it has since been known to Europe. Suarez surveyed the East Coast of Madagascar, and then proceeded to Portugal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.