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Gomes Eannes de Zurara. The History of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea
The History of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea
Table of Contents
Volume 1
EDITORS' PREFACE
THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
Volume 2
PREFATORY NOTE
INTRODUCTION
I.—The Life of Prince Henry
Voyages of Prince Henry's Seamen Along the West African Coast
Voyages of the Portuguese completing Prince Henry's Work
African Exploration preliminary to Prince Henry's work
The Atlantic Islands
2.—THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS
CHAPTER XLI. How they took the ten Moors
CHAPTER XLII. How Alvaro Vasquez took the thirty-five Moors
CHAPTER XLIII. How they returned on shore, and of the Moor that they took
CHAPTER XLIV. How they sailed to the Land of the Negroes
CHAPTER XLV. How they forced their way upon shore
CHAPTER XLVI. Of the battle that they had, and of the Moors that they took
CHAPTER XLVII. How they found the turtles in the Island
CHAPTER XLVIII. How they returned again to the Island, and of the Christians that perished
CHAPTER XLIX. How Lançarote and the others of Lagos asked of the Infant permission to go to Guinea
CHAPTER L. How the Infant replied to the men of Lagos, and of the armament that was made ready against the said island
CHAPTER LI. How the caravels quitted Lagos, and what captains were in them
CHAPTER LII. Of how the caravels met at Cape Branco, and how Laurence Diaz fell in with the caravels of Lisbon
CHAPTER LIII. Of how Lançarote held a council at Cape Branco
CHAPTER LIV. Of how they found the other caravels at the Isle of Herons, and of the counsel that they took
CHAPTER LV. How those people landed on the Island of Tider
CHAPTER LVI. How they returned again to Tider, and of the Moors that they took
CHAPTER LVII. How they went to Tira
CHAPTER LVIII. Of the words that Lançarote spake
CHAPTER LIX. Of the words which Gomez Pirez spoke, and how they went to the land of Guinea
CHAPTER LX. How those caravels arrived at the river of Nile, and of the Guineas that they took
CHAPTER LXI. In which the author relateth some things concerning the River of Nile
CHAPTER LXII. Of the might of the Nile according to the Astronomers, and of its increase
CHAPTER LXIII. How the Caravels set forth from the river, and of the voyage which they made
CHAPTER LXIV. Of how Lançarote and Alvaro de Freitas captured a dozen Moors
CHAPTER LXV. How Lançarote and Alvaro de Freitas and Vicente Diaz took fifty-seven Moors
CHAPTER LXVI. How Rodrigueannes and Dinis Diaz joined company
CHAPTER LXVII. How the five caravels returned to the kingdom, and of what they did beforehand
CHAPTER LXVIII. How the caravel of Alvaro Gonçalvez d'Atayde and that of Picanço and the other of Tavilla sailed in company, and of the Canarians that they captured
CHAPTER LXIX. How they took certain Canarians, despite the surety
CHAPTER LXX. Of how Tristam of the IslandBQ went towards Cape Branco
CHAPTER LXXI. Of how the men of Pallenço took the six Moors
CHAPTER LXXII. Of what happened to Rodrigueannes de Travaços and Dinis Diaz
CHAPTER LXXIII. Of how those in the second ambuscade disclosed themselves, and how the Moors were vanquished
CHAPTER LXXIV. Of how Rodrigueannes and Dinis Diaz returned to the kingdom,BW and of what befell them on their voyage
CHAPTER LXXV. Of how the caravel of John Gonçalvez Zarco arrived at the land of the Negroes
CHAPTER LXXVI. How the Author beginneth to speak of the manner of that land
CHAPTER LXXVII. Of the things that happened to John Fernandez
CHAPTER LXXVIII. Of the leagues that the caravels of the Infant went beyond the Cape, and of other things of all kinds
CHAPTER LXXIX. Which speaketh of the Island of Canary and of the manner of living there
CHAPTER LXXX. Which speaketh of the Island of Gomera
CHAPTER LXXXI. Of the Island of Inferno or Teneriffe
CHAPTER LXXXII. Of the Island of Palma
CHAPTER LXXXIII. Of how the Island of Madeira was peopled, and also the other Islands that are in that part
CHAPTER LXXXIV. Of how the Infant Don Henry required of the King the right over the Canaries
CHAPTER LXXXV. Of how the caravel of Alvaro Dornellas returned, and of the Canarians that he took
CHAPTER LXXXVI. Of how Nuno Tristam was slain in the land of Guinea, and of those who died with him
CHAPTER LXXXVII. Of how Alvaro Fernandez returned again to the land of the Negroes, and of the things he accomplished there
CHAPTER LXXXVIII. Of how the nine caravels departed from Lagos, and of the Moors they captured
CHAPTER LXXXIX. How Gomez Pirez went to the Rio do Ouro, and of the Moors that he captured
CHAPTER XC. Of the Moors that Gomez Pirez took in the other village
CHAPTER XCI. Of what happened to John Fernandez when he was taking along the Moors
CHAPTER XCII. How Gomez Pirez and the others who were with him took the other Moors
CHAPTER XCIII. Of the caravel that went to Meça, and of the Moors that it found
CHAPTER XCIV. How Vallarte went to the land of Guinea, and the fashion of his remaining there
CHAPTER XCV. How Antam Gonçalvez went and received the Island of Lançarote in the Infant's name
CHAPTER XCVI. Wherein the Author declareth how many souls were brought to this Kingdom from the beginning of this Conquest
CHAPTER XCVII. In which the Author putteth a final conclusion to his work
NOTES
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But Azurara was too valuable a man to be allowed to spend his whole time and energy in the routine work of an office; and so we find that when the King had reigned twenty years or more, which would be in or about 1458, he commissioned him to relate the history of Ceuta under the Governorship of D. Pedro de Menezes, to whom the city had been entrusted on its capture.36 The story runs, that for some time João I was unable to meet with anyone who would undertake the responsibility of guarding the new conquest, and, word of this having been brought to D. Pedro while he was playing at "Chóca", he at once hastened into the King's presence, and said he would engage to hold the city against the whole strength of Africa with the olive-wood crook he had just been wielding.37 Be this incident true or not, certain it is that D. Pedro de Menezes succeeded in maintaining Ceuta, despite all the efforts of the Moors to expel him; and his achievements, as chronicled by Azurara, form by themselves sufficient ground for Affonso's commission. But another reason, no doubt, influenced the King, and that was the supreme importance attached to the possession of the old city. Its position as the key of the Straits enabled the Portuguese to hinder the Moorish corsairs from raiding the Algarve, and, at the same time, to help the Christian cause by attacks on the last relic of Mohammedan power in the Peninsula, the kingdom of Grenada. Added to this, its conquest was hailed as the first step in the realisation of that cherished ideal, an African Empire: for, besides being a great trading centre and the sea-gate of Mauritania, it formed a wedge driven into the heart of the Infidel, and a fitting crown to the struggle of seven centuries, which, commencing on the morrow of the battle of the Guadalete, had ended by the establishment of the Cross in the land of the Crescent. The tide had turned at last and for ever, and the Gothic monarchy was avenged.
Azurara, who on previous occasions had proved himself a ready writer, compiled the Chronica do Conde D. Pedro de Menezes more slowly, owing doubtless to the fact that his new official duties kept him from devoting his whole time to the work, and the Chronicle was not finished until 1463.
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