Referenced In

State of Fear
by Michael Crichton

"“Have you ever been to Sumatra?”"

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

"IX. —Concerning the Island of Java the Less. the Kingdoms of Ferlec and Basma 284 Notes.—1. The Island of Sumatra: application of the term Java."

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

"Every year there go thither from Sumatra 60,000 cantars of pepper, and 15,000 or 20,000 from Cochin and Malabar, worth 15 to 20 ducats a cantar;"

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

"the Malays of Sumatra, too, have great faith in the efficacy of certain “stones, which they pretend are extracted from reptiles, birds, animals, etc., in preventing them from being wounded.”"

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

"Java the Less is the Island of Sumatra. Here there is no exaggeration in the dimension assigned to its circuit, which is about 2300 miles. The old Arabs of the 9th century give it a circuit of 800 parasangs, or say 2800 miles..."

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

"See Anderson’s Mission to East Coast of Sumatra, pp. 229, 233 and map. The Ferlec of Polo was identified by Valentyn. (Sumatra, in vol. v. p. 21.)"

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

"…off Sumatra."

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

"Cannibals of Sumatra (f. 74 v.)."

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

"Battas of Sumatra, and cannibalism, ii. 288n, 298n"

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

"—— of Sumatra, ii. 287n"

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

"Ferlec, in Sumatra, kingdom of, ii. 284, 287n, 294n, 295n, 305n; Hill people, 284, 288n"

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

"Sumatra, 294n, 297n"

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

"Sumatra (Java the Less), 23, 120, i. 34, ii. 288n, 300n–301n; described, its kingdoms, 284, 286n, 287n; circuit, 284, 286n"

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

"Book III. … Malacca—Sumatra—Ferlec—Sago Tree—Angamanain"