melibar

Updated: June 16, 2025

According to Pinkerton, these are called Melibar and Gesurach in the Trevigi edition, and he is disposed to consider the last as indicating Geriach, because of the pirates. But there seems no necessity for that nicety, as all the north-western coast of India has always been addicted to maritime plunder or piracy. Socotora is called Scorsia or Scoria in the Trevigi edition.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

To the north of this kingdom extended that country which the Venetian traveller calls Melibar, and which is situated to the north of Malabar proper.

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part I. The Exploration of the World