Ram Setu has also been referred to as Adam's Bridge, Nala Setu, and Setu Banda. Adam's Bridge, or Ram Setu as it was erected by Rama and his troops, receives its name from certain old Islamic manuscripts that relate to Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka (Adam is said to have fallen in this part of the world). In those documents, it is mentioned that Rama constructed a bridge for people to pass over. In some scripts, it is even called "the bridge over which Adam fell." Setu means bridge in Sanskrit and Banda means ridge in Hindi. Thus, Ram Setu translates to "bridge of Rama" or "ridge of Ram". The name "Adams Bridge" first appeared in England in 1770 when William Adams published an account of his travels in India. He described seeing "a good road with parapets on each side to prevent travellers from falling off" which led him to believe this was "a new invention" used by the Indians "to connect two distant points of their country." It wasn't until much later that this bridge came to be known as Adams Bridge. In 1838, John Lewis-Bradford wrote about his trip from Calcutta to Bombay via Ram Setu. He noted that the bridge was named after an Englishman who had been sent to find a route through the mountains but died before he could return.