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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522

Note 43 — PRIMO VIAGGIO INTORNO AL MONDO

James Alexander Robertson translation

This last phrase, as well as the two following sentences are missing in MS. 5,650. The third sentence following begins: “During the calm weather, large fish called tiburoni,” etc. The word tiburoni, “sharks” is from the Spanish tiburon, which comes from the French tibéron (tiburin, tiburon).—Echagaray’s Diccionario Etimológico (Madrid, 1889).

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