Ceylon, Sri Lanka (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"…it is used in India and Ceylon for trapping elephants..."

"…and is not in the least like that which our stories tell of as being caught in the lap of a virgin; in fact, ’tis altogether different from what we fancied. … and identical with that of Ceylon."

"[3] The elephant of India has 6 true ribs and 13 false ribs, that of Sumatra and Ceylon has 6 true and 14 false."

"… as Hiuen Tsang relates, the Nicobars lie a thousand li to the south of Ceylon, where the islands’ inhabitants live on coconuts."

"Kazwini ascribes it to Ceylon."

"In the Ceylon Annals the continental invaders are frequently termed Solli."

"Quatremère’s publication of Abdurrazzák mentions it as 'a place situated opposite the island of Serendib, otherwise called Ceylon."

"India, extending from Cape Gardafui to Ceylon..."

"on name of Ceylon, 314n; on Shahr-Mandi and Sundara Pandi, 333n; on the Tower at Negapatam, 336n; etymology of Chilaw, 337n"

"Book III. … Angamanain—Dog-headed Barbarians—Ceylon—Sagamoni Borcan"

"THE ISLAND OF CEYLON. “The people [of Ceylon] are Idolaters, and go quite naked except that they cover the middle.... The King of this Island possesses a ruby which is the finest and biggest in the world; I will tell you what it is like. …”"