Works, Volume 80Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page xxiii
... Gambia . On the voyage they sighted and examined cursorily the Cape Verde Islands . On arriving in the Gambia they were successful in establishing friendly relations with a negro chief , Battimansa , tributary to the Emperor of Mali ...
... Gambia . On the voyage they sighted and examined cursorily the Cape Verde Islands . On arriving in the Gambia they were successful in establishing friendly relations with a negro chief , Battimansa , tributary to the Emperor of Mali ...
Page 137
... Gambia ) is probably the safest river to enter on all the West African coast , and among all African rivers it is remarkable for a bar which can be crossed at any time of the tide .... The river is tidal as far as the so - called ...
... Gambia ) is probably the safest river to enter on all the West African coast , and among all African rivers it is remarkable for a bar which can be crossed at any time of the tide .... The river is tidal as far as the so - called ...
Page 156
... Gambia , Gomes visits , 93 ; Barros on , 136- 37 , 140 Cape Verde , 53 ; identified by Barros with Arsinarium promontorium , 138 Cape Verde Islands , discovery of , xxxvi ff .; Cadamosto at , 63 ; Gomes and da Noli at , 101 , 106 ...
... Gambia , Gomes visits , 93 ; Barros on , 136- 37 , 140 Cape Verde , 53 ; identified by Barros with Arsinarium promontorium , 138 Cape Verde Islands , discovery of , xxxvi ff .; Cadamosto at , 63 ; Gomes and da Noli at , 101 , 106 ...
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Africa Alvise appears Arabs Arguim Azanaghi Azurara baptism Barbary Barros Bemoy Benincasa Beny Blacks brought Budomel Cabo Cadamosto called Çanagá Canary canoes Cantor Cape Blanco Cape Verde Islands Capo captain Caramança caravels carried Cauo century CHAPTER chart chief Christians Chronicle coast Cortesão desert Diogo de Azambuja Diogo Gomes discovered discovery Duarte Pacheco elephant faith Fernão Gomes fortress galleys Gambia gave Genoese gold Gonçalo Gonçalo Coelho Guiné Guinea Hakluyt honour horses Ilha inhabitants interior Isola King Afonso King João Kingdom of Senega Kukia land leagues Leo Africanus Lisbon Lord Infante Madeira Mansa Marciana Melli merchants miles Moors Mosto mouth narrative navigation negroes Niger Noli Nuno Tristão Portugal Portuguese Prince Henry probably reached river sailed salt Senegal sent ships Sierra Leone sight slaves Taghaza Tekrur things thither Timbuktu trade traffic trees Tristão voyage wished