Works, Volumes 86-87Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... Africa during this strangely neglected period . Those in the first section will , it is hoped , enable the reader to gain some idea of the nature and scope of Portuguese enterprise in West Africa . Furthermore , scarcely any ...
... Africa during this strangely neglected period . Those in the first section will , it is hoped , enable the reader to gain some idea of the nature and scope of Portuguese enterprise in West Africa . Furthermore , scarcely any ...
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... Africa also . It is to be understood that the people , which now inhabite the regions of the coast of Guinea and the midle parts of Africa , as Libya the Inner , and Nubia , with divers other great & large regions about the same , were ...
... Africa also . It is to be understood that the people , which now inhabite the regions of the coast of Guinea and the midle parts of Africa , as Libya the Inner , and Nubia , with divers other great & large regions about the same , were ...
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... Africa was so named by the Grecians , be- Africa cause it is without colde . For the Greeke letter Alpha or A without signifieth privation , voyd , or without , and ' phrice ' signifieth colde . For , indeed , although in the stead of ...
... Africa was so named by the Grecians , be- Africa cause it is without colde . For the Greeke letter Alpha or A without signifieth privation , voyd , or without , and ' phrice ' signifieth colde . For , indeed , although in the stead of ...
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King John III of Portugal tries to stop Windhams voyage | 8 |
Abstract from the voyage of Eustache de la Fosse to Mina | 9 |
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Andalusians Antonio Arguim Axim Barbary Barros barter Bemoym Benin Cabo Verde called Canaries Cape Capo captain caravels Casa Castilian castle Christians chroniclers clerk cloth coast command Corpo chronologico count of Castanheira customs Diego de Valera Diogo Duarte English Esmeraldo exchequer exploration factor favour Fernam Fernando Fernão Fernão do Po Fernão Gomes Fetu fleet gold Gomes Gonçalo guese Guiné Guinea head of slaves highness inhabitants island João Joham Jorge Jorge da Costa King John King Manuel King of Portugal kingdom of Benin kingdoms knight land leagues letter Lisbon Lixboa maço mainland Malagueta malagueta pepper merchandise merchants Myna native navigation negroes officers Pacheco pepper pieces pilots Pina port Portuguese prince Printed received records reis river royal sail Senegal sent ships shoare Sierra Sierra Leone sugar things Thomé took Torre do Tombo town trade Translated voyage West Africa