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Page xiii
... secure his aid , but the voyage was long and difficult and the resources at his command were inadequate . He never found Prester John , although an ambassador of that potentate visited him in Lisbon . He initiated Portuguese trade in ...
... secure his aid , but the voyage was long and difficult and the resources at his command were inadequate . He never found Prester John , although an ambassador of that potentate visited him in Lisbon . He initiated Portuguese trade in ...
Page xxiii
... secure adequate cargo , and only two of the ships , probably the largest ones , were loaded . The intrigues of the Arabs finally caused an uprising , and the small factory which the Portuguese had established on shore was stormed and ...
... secure adequate cargo , and only two of the ships , probably the largest ones , were loaded . The intrigues of the Arabs finally caused an uprising , and the small factory which the Portuguese had established on shore was stormed and ...
Page xxxii
... secure the Indian spices and drugs from the Levant and Egypt to Portugal . Venice could still secure these commodities at Lisbon ; but so could other nations , and her monopoly no longer existed . Although the trade in the commodities ...
... secure the Indian spices and drugs from the Levant and Egypt to Portugal . Venice could still secure these commodities at Lisbon ; but so could other nations , and her monopoly no longer existed . Although the trade in the commodities ...
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