Malay Peninsula, Southeast Asia (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

Referenced In

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"…and the Semangs or Negritoes of the Malay Peninsula are said to destroy him: “This animal ... is found frequently in marshy places, with its whole body immersed in the mud, and part of the head only visible....”"

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"Malay Peninsula, ii. 277n; invasion of Ceylon, 215n; chronicle, 279n, 282n, 287n, 288n, 294n, 300n; language, 286n; origin of many geographical names, 314n"