Works, Volume 80Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... miles , according to the information I have had from Portuguese who have been [ many miles ] up it [ in caravels ] . He who wishes to enter this river must go in with the tide , on account of the shoals and banks at the mouth . From ...
... miles , according to the information I have had from Portuguese who have been [ many miles ] up it [ in caravels ] . He who wishes to enter this river must go in with the tide , on account of the shoals and banks at the mouth . From ...
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... miles . CHAPTER XLVI The GREAT RIVERS found on this coast , and the people Leaving the river of Casamansa we followed the coast until we reached a cape which we judged to be about twenty miles from the river . This cape is somewhat ...
... miles . CHAPTER XLVI The GREAT RIVERS found on this coast , and the people Leaving the river of Casamansa we followed the coast until we reached a cape which we judged to be about twenty miles from the river . This cape is somewhat ...
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... miles beyond this river , despite the shallows of the coast , they discovered a small river which they called the ' Rio de li Fiumi " , because at the time of the discovery they saw along the entire coast nothing but smoke over the land ...
... miles beyond this river , despite the shallows of the coast , they discovered a small river which they called the ' Rio de li Fiumi " , because at the time of the discovery they saw along the entire coast nothing but smoke over the land ...
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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