Ganges - Wiktionary
A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism 1625, Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes[1], volume III, London, OCLC 219967499, page 340: That Riuer of Nanquin which I called (Yamſu or) Ianſu, the ſonne of the Sea, goeth Northward to Nanquin, and then returning ſomewhat Southward, runneth into the Sea with great force ; fortie myles ...