the portuguese writer gaspar correia called the region that we now know as mumbai by the name tana-maiambu.
the portuguese writer gaspar correia called the region that we now know as mumbai by the name tana-maiambu.
by what name did the portuguese writer gaspar correia call the region that we now know as mumbai?
tana-maiambu
the oldest known names for the city are "kakamuchee" and "galajunkja"; these are sometimes still used. in 1508, portuguese writer gaspar correia used the name "bombaim" in his "lendas da índia" ("legends of india"). this name possibly originated as the galician-portuguese phrase "bom baim", meaning "good little bay", and "bombaim" is still commonly used in portuguese. in 1516, portuguese explorer duarte barbosa used the name "tana-maiambu": "tana" appears to refer to the adjoining town of thane and "maiambu" to "mumbadevi".
mumbai
bullet::::- correia, gaspar. "lendas da índia" (introduction and review by m. lopes de almeida). porto: 1975.









































bullet::::- bell, aubrey fitz gerald, "gaspar corrêa", hispanic notes & monographs; essays, studies, and brief biographies issued by the hispanic society of america. portuguese series v, volume 5 of hispanic society of america, oxford university press, h. milford, 1924.









































bullet::::- banha de andrade, antónio alberto, "gaspar correia, o 1.º historiador português do oriente." ("gaspar correia, the first portuguese historian of the far east") instituto de investigação científica tropical, centro de estudos de história e cartografia antiga, lisbon, 1985.









































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