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Adam's Peak

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Adam's Peak

Jong, Dirk de / Conradi, Petrus / Plaats, Volkert van der

Adam's Peak.

De berg genoemd Adams Piek.

This mountain is situated near Punto Gale.

Various figures are shown climbing the mountain. The mountain figures large in Buddhism as the Buddha is said to have preached here. The Dutch believed it to be the highest point on earth.

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Sources and literature

Conradi, Petrus en Volkert van der Plaats, Nederlandsche reizen, Tot Bevordering Van Den Koophandel, Na De Meest Afgelegen Gewesten Des Aardkloots: Doormengd met vreemde lotgevallen, en menigvuldige Gevaaren, die de Nederlandsche Reizigers hebben doorgestaan. (1784-1787)

Screech, Timon, The strangest place in Edo.: The temple of the five hundred Arhats (1993)