Throughout its long history Phuket has always been a lure for peoples from beyond its shores. The earliest known mention of the island comes from the records of Ptolemy, a Greek geographer from the third century A.D. In his Geographia he mentions that when making a trip from Suwannapum to the Malay Peninsula it was necessary to pass the cape of Jang Si Lang. Jang Si Lang is often translated as 'Junk Ceylon' and it is by this name that Phuket is known on ancient maps of Thailand.

Source http://www.oaric2011.psu.ac.th/

Thankyou FritsSikkink.

Very selective in picking this single quote of FritsSikkink's aren't you?

What about the other qutes he / she made especially (as mine) about the corruption of the Malay name?

Or 'Junk Ceylon' moniker not actually appearing on the 157AD map?

Or the romanized term issue?

Or the original disagreement regarding junk jonk and all teh other spellings of even the corrupted term?

3 posts removed. Off topic and intended to be inflammatory.

All the posts with 2 members bickering with each other and the comments from the galley have been removed as they add no value to this topic.

Let's be civil, thank you.