Great India

La grande Ynde: refers perhaps to the northern part of the subcontinent, given that Prester John's fabled kingdom extended - as was then believed, thanks to bishop Othon of Freising - beyond both Persia and Armenia. It was thought that a river, whose source was in Paradise, flowed through the kingdom, transporting with it emeralds, sapphires and rubies. Marco Polo located this kingdom between India and Mongolia, whilst western cartographers of the 15th century place it in Ethiopia, where it is visited by Jesuit missionaries.

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