Letter to the King and Queen of Castile, July 1499 113✦

Letter to the Cardinal Protector, August 28, 1499 114✦

B.—GIROLAMO SERNIGI’S LETTERS, 1499 119

Introduction, p. 119; First letter to a gentleman at Florence, p. 123; Second letter, p. 137; a letter to his brother, p. 141

C.—THREE PORTUGUESE ACCOUNTS OF VASCO DA GAMA’S FIRST VOYAGE. 145

Jornal das Viagens dos Portuguezes ás Indias, 1608 145

Luiz de Figueiredo Falcão, 1612 147

Pedro Barretto de Rezende, 1646 149

D.—VASCO DA GAMA’S SHIPS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT 157

E.—MUSTER-ROLL OF VASCO DA GAMA’S FLEET 173

F.—THE VOYAGE 185

Lisbon to the Cape Verde Islands, p. 186; the Voyage across the Southern Atlantic, p. 186; doubling the Cape, p. 192; along the East Coast of Africa, p. 193; across the Arabian Sea, p. 198; the voyage home, p. 199.

G.—EARLY MAPS ILLUSTRATING VASCO DA GAMA’S FIRST VOYAGE 203

Henricus Martellus Germanus, p. 204; Juan de la Cosa, p. 205; Dr. Hamy’s Chart, p. 206; The Cantino Chart, p. 208; the chart of the “Mohit”, 209; Canerio, p. 210; list of Place-Names, p. 214

H.—HONOURS AND REWARDS BESTOWED UPON VASCO DA GAMA, 1499-1524 226

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Portraits.

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Vasco da Gama, from a portrait in the Honour Hall of the Lisbon Geographical Society Frontispiece

King Manuel 109

Vasco da Gama, from a contemporary medallion in the cloister of Belem xii

Vasco da Gama, from the Museu das Bellas Artes 116

Vasco da Gama, from the same, according to M. Morelet’s version 171

Vasco da Gama as Viceroy, according to Barretto de Rezende 143

Vasco da Gama, from the Palacio do Governo, Goa 151

Facsimiles.

Facsimile of the first paragraph of the MS. of the Roteiro xxii

Facsimiles of Vasco da Gama’s signatures, Frontispiece and 116

Facsimile of a Receipt given by Vasco da Gama 229

Ships.

The supposed Armada of Vasco da Gama 160

The S. Gabriel 155

The figure-head of the S. Raphael 91

A Caravel 158

Native craft in the Harbour of Mombaça; from a photograph by the late Capt. Foot, R.N. 35

Other Illustrations.

Cão’s Padrão at Cape Cross 169

Vasco da Gama’s Pillar at Malindi, from a photograph by Sir John Kirk 90

Coat-of-Arms of Vasco da Gama 223

A tower at Mombaça; from a photograph by Sir John Kirk 39

View of Calecut; from an original sketch by H. Johnson 183

A Siwa-blower; from a photograph by Sir John Kirk 43

Krishna nursed by Devaki; from Moor’s “Pantheon” 53

The Old Church at Vidigueira 238

LIST OF MAPS.

PAGE I. A Chart illustrating the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-99 1

II. The Cape to Natal At end of volume

III. Natal to Malinde ” ”

IV. The West Coast of India ” ”

V. South Africa, from an anonymous chart of the world, first published by Dr. Hamy ” ”

VI. Africa, from the Cantino Chart ” ”

VII. Africa and India, from Canerio’s Chart ” ”

VIII. The Indian Ocean, according to the “Mohit” 209

ERRATA.

P. 3, note 3. The wrong date is not August 18, but August 22, which ought to be October 22. See also p. 190, note 1.

P. 3, line 17. Instead of “lower mainsail”, read “mainsail”.

P. 4, note 2, to be read thus: “That is, towards Tristão da Cunha, Gama being at that time 400 miles to the N.N.W. of these islands”.

P. 9, note 3. Instead of “Antº”, read “dentº” (dentro).

P. 15, note 1. Instead of “Rio do Infante”, read “Rio de Infante”.

P. 16, line 10. Read “when setting a bonnet we discovered the mast was sprung ... and ... secured it with lashings”.

P. 22, line 8. Instead of “when putting the ship about”, etc., read “in tacking towards the other ships, which were astern, Coelho”, etc.

P. 23, note 4. Add “Aljofar, in Portuguese, means seed-pearls”.

P. 73, line 17. Instead of “August 23”, read “August 24”.

P. 79, line 14. Instead of “Biaquotte”, read “Biaquolle”.

P. 80, note 1. For the identification of the Ilhas de S. Maria, see p. 200.

P. 92, line 13. Add “and left at once”.

P. 148, line 20, and P. 175, line 60. The pilot was Pero Escolar, not Escovar. A Pero Escovar is mentioned by Barros (t. I, part 1, p. 143) jointly with João de Santarem, as having made discoveries on the Gold Coast in 1471. He was a “cavalier” of the King’s household. Another Pero Escovar went as pilot to the Congo in 1490. This latter may possibly have been our man.

P. 161, line 24. Instead of “D’Alberti”, read “D’Albertis”.

P. 167, line 17. Instead of “Rodriguez”, read “Rodrigo”.

P. 167, line 29. Instead of “Diogo de Vilhegas”, read “Diogo Ortiz de Vilhegas”.