← Table of contents
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55, 1636-37

Note 19 — Grau y Monfalcon’s Informatory Memorial of 1637 (continued 2)

James Alexander Robertson translation

Singapore signifies, in Malay, “place of lions”—although it would be more apropos to call it “the place of tigers,” which are so plentiful there (Doc. inéd. Amér. y Oceania, vi, p. 383, note).

Explore with AITake your curiosity a little further.

Reading settings