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What do you mean, flying in Maldives and flying in water?

1, seaplane (seaplane).

2. Domestic flights (domestic flights).

The means of transportation from Maldives to the island are seaplanes (seaplanes), domestic flights (internal flights) and Dhoni.

Speedboats are generally within 80km, and speedboats and seaplanes can be provided at 80 ~150km. Seaplanes can only be used at150km or more, and inland airlines are needed for further distance.

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The first mention of Maldives was in the works of Ptolemy, a Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer in the 2nd century A.D. He mentioned the small island of 1378 west of Sri Lanka, referring to the Maldives.

Since then, many navigators have mentioned Maldives many times: Alexandria, Pappus mentioned Taprobane Island and the adjacent islands of 1370 at the end of 14. A Thebes who sailed to the coast of Malabar, India. He mentioned "a thousand small islands and their sinister environment: because the magnet coast there will lead to the sinking of iron ships".

Suleiman, a Persian businessman who once crossed the Indian Ocean, wrote: "In this ocean called Hekende, there are nearly 1 900 islands, ruled by women, and the wealth is incalculable."

He also arrived in East Africa with Zheng He's voyage team in 1433. He confirmed in the coastal investigation that merchant ships came to Maldives to trade and buy ropes here. During the Ming Dynasty, people in China were very familiar with these islands, which were called "underwater mountains" (quicksand) and recorded the climate, geography and customs here.