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The Name of China and its Geography in Cosmas Indicopleustes |
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时间：2009-7-24 13:48:43 来源：不详
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untry in question deflects considerably to the left, so that the loads of silk passing by land through one nation after another, reach Persia in a comparatively short time; whilst the route by sea to Persia is vastly greater. For just as great a distance as the Persian Gulf runs up into Persia, so great distance and even a greater has one to run, who, being bound for Tzinitza, sails eastward from Taprobanê; while besides, the distance from the mouth of the Persian Gulf to Taprobanê and parts beyond through the whole width of the Indian sea are very considerable. He then who comes by land from Tzinitza to Persia shortens very considerably the length of the journey. This is why there is always to be found a great quantity of silk in Persia. Beyond Tzinitza there is neither navigation nor any land to inhabit.”[2]
In the book xi, which is supposed to be an extract from other geographical treatise of the same author,[3] Cosmas, in the account of Indian animals and the island of Taprobanê, speaks of this country with the name of Tzinista like this:
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