...written on Chinese paper, but on what looked like very thin bark of a tree; it was glossy (glanzig), slightly green, several feet long and somewhat broader...so tightly that it could be taken within the hand" 44). En meer dan vijf eeuwen later vertelt Pigafetta „dat de vorst van Broenai 10 djoeroetoelis (xiritoles")...

...little country." The envoys presented a letter from the king. This was written on what looked like the very thin bark of a tree ; it was glossy, slightly...several feet long, and somewhat broader than one inch ; the characters in which it was written were small, and had to be read horizontally. In all these...

...little country." The letter was written on what looked like the very thin bark or the leaf of a palm ; it was glossy, slightly green, several feet long, and somewhat broader than one inch ; the characters in which it was written were small, and had to be read horizontally. In all these...