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Anonymous. A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499
A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
A JOURNAL. OF THE FIRST. VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA. IN 1497–99
[Calecut.]
[The Voyage Home.]
[THE KINGDOMS TO THE SOUTH OF CALECUT.]
About Elephants
Prices at Alexandria.262
[A VOCABULARY OF MALAYALAM.]
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A
TWO LETTERS OF KING MANUEL, 1499
I.—King Manuel’s Letter to the King and Queen of Castile, July 1499
II.—King Manuel to the Cardinal Protector, August 28th, 1499
APPENDIX B
GIROLAMO SERNIGI’S LETTERS ON VASCO DA GAMA’S FIRST VOYAGE
Girolamo Sernigi’s First Letter to a Gentleman at Florence.288
Girolamo Sernigi’s Second Letter to a Gentleman of Florence.368
APPENDIX C
THREE PORTUGUESE ACCOUNTS OF VASCO DA GAMA’S FIRST VOYAGE (1608–1646)
I.—Jornal das Viagens dos Portuguezes as Indias, 1608
II.—Luiz de Figueiredo Falcão, 1612
III.—Pedro Barretto de Rezende, 1646
APPENDIX D
VASCO DA GAMA’S SHIPS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT
APPENDIX E
MUSTER-ROLL OF VASCO DA GAMA’S FLEET
APPENDIX F
THE VOYAGE
APPENDIX G
EARLY MAPS ILLUSTRATING VASCO DA GAMA’S FIRST VOYAGE
LIST OF PLACE-NAMES
APPENDIX H
HONOURS AND REWARDS BESTOWED UPON VASCO DA GAMA, 1499–1524.473
FOOTNOTES:
INDEX AND GLOSSARY
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Anonymous
Published by Good Press, 2019
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On Thursday, August 3, we left in an easterly direction. On August 18,35 when about 200 leagues from Samtiaguo, going south, the captain-major’s main yard broke, and we lay to under foresail and mainsail for two days and a night. On the 22nd of the same month, when going S. by W., we saw many birds resembling herons.36 On the approach of night they flew vigorously to the S.S.E., as if making for the land.37 On the same day, being then quite 800 leagues out at sea [i.e., reckoning from S. Thiago], we saw a whale.
On Friday, October 27, the eve of St. Simon and Jude, we saw many whales, as also quoquas38 and seals.39
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