WHAT DOES MALDIVES MEAN?

"It is stronger than hemp," wrote Ibn Battuta, "and is accustomed to sew alongside one another the planks of Sindhi and Yemeni dhows, for this sea abounds in reefs, and In the event the planks have been mounted with iron nails, they might split into items once the vessel strike a rock. The coir presents the boat higher elasticity, so that it would