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Page xxxix
... known . He was thus two years older than Dom Manuel , and was thirty - two years of age when he was selected in 1499 as chief captain of the fleet which was to go to India the following year . At an early age he went to the court of ...
... known . He was thus two years older than Dom Manuel , and was thirty - two years of age when he was selected in 1499 as chief captain of the fleet which was to go to India the following year . At an early age he went to the court of ...
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... known world in 1457 , and although Fra Mauro was most exact in placing on this map all available information which was known in his day , this land to the west is not shown . From the time of Aristotle and Ptolemy land was supposed to ...
... known world in 1457 , and although Fra Mauro was most exact in placing on this map all available information which was known in his day , this land to the west is not shown . From the time of Aristotle and Ptolemy land was supposed to ...
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... known as Sphera or Sphaera . It was a small work written in a simple style by John Holywood , generally known as Sacro Bosco , an astronomical author who studied in Oxford and later taught at the University of Paris during the first ...
... known as Sphera or Sphaera . It was a small work written in a simple style by John Holywood , generally known as Sacro Bosco , an astronomical author who studied in Oxford and later taught at the University of Paris during the first ...
Contents
THE VOYAGE | ix |
Letter of Authorization | xviii |
THE DISCOVERY OF MADAGASCAR | xxxiii |
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Affaitadi Afonso aforesaid Anonymous Narrative Arab Areschorea armada arrived Barros Bartolomeo boats Brazil Cabral's fleet Cabral's voyage Calichut called Caminha Caranganor caravels cargo carried Castanheda chief captain Christians coast Cochin Coloqut Columbus Corrêa Cretico Cruz Diogo Dias discovery Dom Manuel East factor feathers Gaspar Gaspar de Lemos gave Gentiles given gold honour hostages hundred India João King of Portugal kingdom known land leagues learned letter Lisbon loaded Lord Malindi Manuel Marchioni Master John merchandise merchants Moorish ships Moors navigation Paesi Pedro Álvares Cabral Pedro Vaz pilots port Portuguese Priest Joseph probably reached remained river sail Sancho de Tovar Sanuto seems shore Sofala Spanish spices things took trade translation Trevisan Tupinamba Vasco da Gama Vaz de Caminha Venetian Venice Vespucci voyage of Cabral voyage to India wind wished written Zamorin