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ANDAMAN

Volume 1 · 71 words · 1778 Edition

or **ANDEMAN ISLANDS**, in the East Indies, situated about 80 leagues distance from Tanasserim on the coast of Siam. They are but little known; only the East India ships sometimes touch at them, and are supplied by the natives with rice, herbs, and fruits: the inhabitants are by some represented as an harmless inoffensive race of men, and by others as cannibals. E. Long. 92°. N. Lat. from 10° to 15°.