Works, Volume 79Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 65
... Cape is very low and covered with sand ; the bottom is so full of shoals that when you are in ten fathoms you cannot see the land because it is so low . The whole of the coast from Cabo de Nam to Cabo do Bojador is low and sandy and ...
... Cape is very low and covered with sand ; the bottom is so full of shoals that when you are in ten fathoms you cannot see the land because it is so low . The whole of the coast from Cabo de Nam to Cabo do Bojador is low and sandy and ...
Page 114
... cape are two very dangerous shallows of rock over which the sea breaks . The latitude of this cape is 4 ° 10 ' N of the Equator . Beyond it the coast turns ENE , and these are the signs by which one can distinguish the cape , the chief ...
... cape are two very dangerous shallows of rock over which the sea breaks . The latitude of this cape is 4 ° 10 ' N of the Equator . Beyond it the coast turns ENE , and these are the signs by which one can distinguish the cape , the chief ...
Page 186
... Cape , 109 Baixas , country of , 151 Balamban , ebony , 82 Baldaya , Afonso Gonçalves , 68 , 69 , 71 Balea , bay , 24 , 151 Banbarranaa , 89 Banhauus , Negro tribe , 94 Barbaciis , river , 86 , 87 Barbas , Cape , 23 , 70 , 71 Barbate ...
... Cape , 109 Baixas , country of , 151 Balamban , ebony , 82 Baldaya , Afonso Gonçalves , 68 , 69 , 71 Balea , bay , 24 , 151 Banbarranaa , 89 Banhauus , Negro tribe , 94 Barbaciis , river , 86 , 87 Barbas , Cape , 23 , 70 , 71 Barbate ...
Contents
The Second Book describing the discoveries | 103 |
The Third Book concerning the discoveries of King | 139 |
The Fourth Book containing the discoveries | 163 |
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