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The East African part of the Maokun map (second part)

First inscription in Africa is Ha-pu-ni: Ras Hafun formerly thought to be Habashi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lowest inscription in these mountains :
Mu-ku-tou-su :
Mogadishu
The translation of all the names of the East African coast is given in a detail map. The Islands in front of the coast who are crossroads of sea-lanes are the Maldives.

 

 

 

 

 

The very big island here is Ceylon.
 
 
Here ends the east African coast. According to the cartographers annotation the furthest point reached by the fleet was Ha-pu-erh where heavy storms deterred it from proceeding. The map does not provide a location for Ha-pu-erh. The rest of the map is purely an Asian itinerary. In the big island after Africa ended is written: Chi-lung-liu maybe the Chagos archipelago. And the inscription in the rectangle above the islands in India : Pang-ko-la: Bengal

 


There are different editions of the Maokun map. The one under is the most different one I found so far.