The people of this country are very fond of eating human flesh, and they say that it is the best meat in the world.
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From 'The Travels of Marco Polo', describing people in the Andaman Islands
c. 1300
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"The people of Madagascar are the most barbarous in the world, and they eat human flesh."
Controversial"They are a very barbarous people, and they have no learning or civility, but live in a wild and savage manner."
Controversial"Their women are very ugly, and they are accustomed to having many husbands, and they are very unchaste."
Controversial"They are a very quarrelsome people, and they are always fighting among themselves, and they kill each other for trifles."
Controversial"I believe it was God's will that we should come to these parts, so that people should know what there is in the world."
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