the portuguese explorer duarte barbosa called the region that we now know as mumbai by the name bombaim.
the portuguese explorer duarte barbosa called the region that we now know as mumbai by the name bombaim.
by what name did the portuguese explorer duarte barbosa call the region that we now know as mumbai?
bombaim
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".
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duarte barbosa (c. 1480, lisbon, portugal1 may 1521, philippines) was a portuguese writer and officer from portuguese india (between 1500 and 1516). he was a scrivener in a factory in cannanore, and an interpreter of the local language, malayalam. barbosa wrote the "book of duarte barbosa" ("livro de duarte barbosa") c. 1516, making it one of the earliest examples of portuguese travel literature. in 1519, barbosa embarked on the first expedition to circumnavigate the world, led by his brother-in-law ferdinand magellan. he died in 1521 at the battle of mactan on cebu island in the philippines.









































section::::early life.
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