276 _y^a de ceridus_: Ceredim, CE; ?Serendib, Arabic name for Ceylon. 277 _y ..corto_(?): ?Setrocha, CE;=?Socotra. 278 Nameless island, corresponds in shape and position to the Iana of CA and Jaua of CE;=Java (Cordier, CA, p. 61);=Sumatra (Gerini, p. 834). 279 Legends on this island illegible; it is, however, similar in shape to Salam or Silan of CE;=?Ceylon. 280 Illeg.: =? 281 _y .. siliraoil_(?): =? XI. Southern Africa Mountains 282 _M^o elefans_: Elephas Mons on the east coast of Africa, Ptol. (IV, 7:10 (FA15));=Ras el-Fil (Vivien de St. Martin, 288). 283 _Monti doue se caua m ... ro_ [molto oro, Leardo, 1448] (mountain where much gold is mined): Pliny (Nat. hist., VI, 189) mentions the abundance of gold in Ethiopia between Napata and the Red Sea. Edifices (A) South Shore of the Red Sea 284 _gobari_: Zobar or Gobar, Leardo, 1448;=?Zanzibar (Santarem, iii, 437). 285 _uigie_: ?Vuigie, in interior of Prester John’s realm, Mauro;=? 286 _tobo_|_let_(?): =? 287 _scuendn_(?): Stuendi, Mauro;=?Suakin. 288 _traged_|_it_(?): Tragoditi, Mauro; Troglodytica Regio, in East Africa, Ptol. (IV, 7: 27 (FA 15));=country along W coast of Red Sea between Egypt and Abyssinia (Vivien de St. Martin, 471-474). 289 _satoris_(?): Catoris, Mauro;=? 290 _basag .._ |_r_(?): =? (B) Eastern “Horn” of Africa 291 _acoan_: Aicoum de Afra, Leardo, 1448 (Santarem, iii, 437); Hascum, Mauro;=?Axum in Abyssinia (La R., ii, 115). 292 _safola_: Sofrala, Mauro;=?Sofala. 293 _medi_|_fola_: =?—294 _prouinzie_ | _dofir_: P. Davaro, Mauro;=?Dawaro in Abyssinia (La R., ii, 113, 132). 295 _gfen_|_uj_(?): =? 296 _flmodo_(?): =? 297 _dela .._ (?): =? (C) Central Region 298 _milua_|_s_(?): =? 299 _Inperio del_ | _presto Jani_ (Empire of Prester John): Prester John is shown in this part of Africa on CA and CE. On the origins of the legend of Prester John and on the transference of the realm of this mythical potentate from Asia to Africa in popular tradition see Kret., CE, 99-101; Wright, Lore, 283-286. 300 _ta . . ._ |_n_(?): =? 301 _grafai_: =? 302 _fe . . ._(?): =? 303 _mesa_: Con. (36) says that Prester John always resides at Malsa (Jiménez de la Espada, 222; La R., i, 61). 304 _carap_(?): =? Longer Legends 305 _DIXERTO DEXABITADO PER CALDO_ (desert uninhabited on account of heat): Leardo, 1448, Walsperger, 1448, and Borgia, 1452, “all show a similar torrid zone, though the theory was protested against by Fra Mauro, Diogo Gomez, and doubtless by others” (A. Rainaud, Le continent austral: hypothèses et découvertes, Paris, 1893, 199); on the development and history of this theory see especially Rainaud, passim; also Wright, Lore, 18, 157-161. 306 _dixerto_.