Works, Volume 80Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 27
... sight . Wherever they settle , nothing remains above ground , for they destroy everything . [ To be visited by them is considered to be a great plague . ] If they were to come every year , it would be impossible to dwell in this land ...
... sight . Wherever they settle , nothing remains above ground , for they destroy everything . [ To be visited by them is considered to be a great plague . ] If they were to come every year , it would be impossible to dwell in this land ...
Page 64
... sight of the shore until we reached a place which appeared to be a good anchorage : there we dropped anchor , and as the weather was calm , hoisted out the boat : this , well manned , was sent away to the land , to ascertain if there ...
... sight of the shore until we reached a place which appeared to be a good anchorage : there we dropped anchor , and as the weather was calm , hoisted out the boat : this , well manned , was sent away to the land , to ascertain if there ...
Page 66
... sight of land at a place called ' Le do palme " between Capo Verde and Rio de Senega . As we had good knowledge of the land , we continued towards the Cape , and on the following morning passed it . We sailed on until we arrived for the ...
... sight of land at a place called ' Le do palme " between Capo Verde and Rio de Senega . As we had good knowledge of the land , we continued towards the Cape , and on the following morning passed it . We sailed on until we arrived for the ...
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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