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Mendoza, J.G. de, 1588. The history of the great and mighty kingdom of China and the situation thereof: together with the great riches, hige citties, politike governement, and rare inventions in the same. Translated out of Spanish by R.Parke. London, Edward White, pp. i-viii, 1-410
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[1588:388 - 1854:311-312] - Chapter XXI
From this island you may go with ease unto Malaca, leaving on the right hand a kingdome which is called Camboia, the which is great and very full of people, and all of them affectioned to go to sea, and navigation, by reason whereof they have an infinite number of vessels. It is a very fertill country, with great stoare of provision: there are elephants in great number and abadas, which is a kind of beast so big as two great bulls, and hath uppon his snowt a little horne. At this day there is one of them at Madrid, the which was brought out of the Indians to his majesty, and many do go to see it for a strange thing, and never the like seene in Eirope, whose skinne is so hard (according to the report) that no man, although he be of great force and strength, can passe it with a thrust. Some have saide that it is an unicorne, but I take for the contrarie, and they are
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of my opinion almost all those that have beene in those partes, and have seene the true unicorne.
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