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Page xxxiii
... narrative . The Cape Verde Islands are not shown , nor is there any trace of the nomenclature of de Sintra's voyage . If the map , as is generally assumed , was completed in 1460 , the latter omission is explained . It appears therefore ...
... narrative . The Cape Verde Islands are not shown , nor is there any trace of the nomenclature of de Sintra's voyage . If the map , as is generally assumed , was completed in 1460 , the latter omission is explained . It appears therefore ...
Page xxxv
... narrative and the Benincasa chart is more striking . The fifteen names on the coast recorded in the former from the ' Rio de Besegue ' to the ' Fiume de le Palme ' , have their counterparts on the chart . The outline of the coast also ...
... narrative and the Benincasa chart is more striking . The fifteen names on the coast recorded in the former from the ' Rio de Besegue ' to the ' Fiume de le Palme ' , have their counterparts on the chart . The outline of the coast also ...
Page xxxix
... narrative as recorded by Behaim and Valentim Fernandes , is 1458. It is noteworthy that Behaim , though he took the trouble to write down Gomes ' narrative , made no use of it in compiling data for his globe of 1492. The translation of ...
... narrative as recorded by Behaim and Valentim Fernandes , is 1458. It is noteworthy that Behaim , though he took the trouble to write down Gomes ' narrative , made no use of it in compiling data for his globe of 1492. The translation of ...
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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