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Page 67
... voyage safely . Now we will resume the routes and voyages from the city of Lisbon to these parts according to our customary manner of navigation . Chapter xxiii How we are accustomed to navigate to these Ethiopias of Guinea from the ...
... voyage safely . Now we will resume the routes and voyages from the city of Lisbon to these parts according to our customary manner of navigation . Chapter xxiii How we are accustomed to navigate to these Ethiopias of Guinea from the ...
Page 78
... voyage ( 1445 ) . On a subsequent voyage he speaks of a certain Alvaro de Freytas who , along with Lançarote Pessanha , followed the coast down to the Senegal and beyond . From the context it is clear that de Freytas was not present on ...
... voyage ( 1445 ) . On a subsequent voyage he speaks of a certain Alvaro de Freytas who , along with Lançarote Pessanha , followed the coast down to the Senegal and beyond . From the context it is clear that de Freytas was not present on ...
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... voyage in 1483 , and not 1484 ( vide W. Ravenstein , " The Voyages of D. Cão and Bartholomeu Dias , " Royal Geographical Journal , 1900 , pp . 627 et seq . ) , was the first to carry " padrões ” ( or stone pillars ) on a Portuguese ...
... voyage in 1483 , and not 1484 ( vide W. Ravenstein , " The Voyages of D. Cão and Bartholomeu Dias , " Royal Geographical Journal , 1900 , pp . 627 et seq . ) , was the first to carry " padrões ” ( or stone pillars ) on a Portuguese ...
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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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