In the German cursive script, "Locach" and "Boeach" look similar. A feature known as the "Province of Beach" or "Boeach" – from the Latin "Provincia boëach" – appears on European maps as early as the 15th century. On a map of the world published in Florence in 1489 by Henricus Martellus, the Latin name "provincia boëach" is given to a southern neighbour of Champa. In a 1532 edition of Marco Polo's "Travels", Locach was changed to "Boëach", later shortened to "Beach".