Works, Volume 80Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... distance given is correct , this would not have brought him as far as Sierra Leone . It is difficult to believe , also , that no note would have been made by Azurara of the discovery of Sierra Leone by Fernandes or another contemporary ...
... distance given is correct , this would not have brought him as far as Sierra Leone . It is difficult to believe , also , that no note would have been made by Azurara of the discovery of Sierra Leone by Fernandes or another contemporary ...
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... distance in one night , a distance which we could not go in three days ? ' Thus , as they did not understand the art of ' It should perhaps be pointed out that hostilities were not provoked by the Azaneguys , or Sanhaja , but by the ...
... distance in one night , a distance which we could not go in three days ? ' Thus , as they did not understand the art of ' It should perhaps be pointed out that hostilities were not provoked by the Azaneguys , or Sanhaja , but by the ...
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... distance out to sea . In this gulf there are many sandy shallows which extend for twelve miles along the coast and over which the sea breaks . The sea currents are very strong , and there are great flood and ebb tides . To this islet ...
... distance out to sea . In this gulf there are many sandy shallows which extend for twelve miles along the coast and over which the sea breaks . The sea currents are very strong , and there are great flood and ebb tides . To this islet ...
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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