78 where small zambucos from Malabar load up on the poor rice they have and other vegetables, one of which is a pea and the other bamboo seeds. Banda Leaving these villages and heading along the coast towards Goa, one comes to an excellent place called Bamda, inhabited by Mouros and gentiles, where there are a lot of merchants who trade on the mainland with the Malabars. They come to this harbour, as do ships from many other places, because the port is very busy and has a plentiful supply from the mainland of provisions and merchandise. Thus, the ships from Malabar load up here with plenty of rice; millet and other vegetables which are abundant; the Malabars bring coconuts; pepper; and many other spices and remedies which sell very well here; many ships from Aden and Hormuz also come here. Between this village and Goa, there is a river called Bardes, where there are many villages which do not engage in any trade. Goa Further along the coast, there is a beautiful river with two branches that reach the sea. Between them, there is an island on which the city of Goa stands. It used to belong to Deccan and it was a separate domain with some surrounding land in the interior, given to an overlord who was the king’s vassal. He was called Sabayo, because he was a fine horseman, calm and determined in war. He was given this domain to wage a war from here on the king of Vijayanagara, which he did relentlessly until he died, for which reason the city was left to his son, the Sabayo, Adil Khan. It is inhabited by many respectable Mouros, many of them are foreigners from various places. They were white men, including, in addition to the many rich merchants, farmers; there was a
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