+---------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber’s Note: | | | | Bold characters are surrounded by plus “+” signs. | +---------------------------------------------------+ WORKS ISSUED BY The Hakluyt Society A JOURNAL OF THE FIRST VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, 1497-1499. FIRST SERIES. NO. XCIX-MDCCCXCVIII [Illustration: signature: Vasco da Gama (_From a Photograph by Sr. Camancho._) This Portrait, now in the Hall of Honours of the Lisbon Geographical Society, was presented by the Conde de Vidigueira to King D. Carlos.] A JOURNAL OF THE FIRST VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, 1497-1499. Translated and Edited, with Notes, an Introduction and Appendices, BY E. G. RAVENSTEIN, F.R.G.S., CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LISBON. BURT FRANKLIN, PUBLISHER NEW YORK, NEW YORK Published by BURT FRANKLIN 514 West 113th Street New York 25, N. Y. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY REPRINTED BY PERMISSION PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. COUNCIL OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY. SIR CLEMENTS MARKHAM, K.C.B., F.R.S., _Pres. R.G.S._, PRESIDENT. THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY, VICE-PRESIDENT. REAR-ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM WHARTON, K.C.B., VICE-PRESIDENT. C. RAYMOND BEAZLEY, ESQ., M.A. COLONEL G. EARL CHURCH. SIR MARTIN CONWAY. ALBERT GRAY, ESQ. ALFRED HARMSWORTH, ESQ. THE RIGHT HON. LORD HAWKESBURY. EDWARD HEAWOOD, ESQ., M.A. ADMIRAL SIR ANTHONY H. HOSKINS, G.C.B. J. SCOTT KELTIE, ESQ. VICE-ADMIRAL ALBERT H. MARKHAM. E. DELMAR MORGAN, ESQ. CAPTAIN NATHAN, R.E. E. J. PAYNE, ESQ. CUTHBERT E. PEEK, ESQ. E. G. RAVENSTEIN, ESQ. HOWARD SAUNDERS, ESQ. CHARLES WELCH, ESQ., F.S.A. WILLIAM FOSTER, ESQ., B.A., _Honorary Secretary_. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction i On the importance of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, p. xi; his Life, p. xiii; a parallel between Vasco da Gama and Columbus, p. xv; authorities on Vasco da Gama’s voyage, p. xix; the MS. of the _Roteiro_, p. xxii; its author, p. xxv; Portuguese editions, p. xxxii; French translations, p. xxxiv; the present edition, p. xxxv. A JOURNAL OF THE VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA IN 1497-99 1 The Voyage Out 1 Lisbon to the Cape Verde Islands, p. 1; across the Southern Atlantic, p. 3; the Bay of St. Helena, p. 5; rounding the Cape, p. 8; the Bay of S. Braz, 9; S. Braz to Natal, p. 14; Terra da Boa Gente and Rio do Cobre, p. 16; the Rio dos Bons Signaes, p. 19; to Moçambique, p. 21; false start, and return to Moçambique, p. 28; Moçambique to Mombaça, p. 31; Mombaça, p. 34; Mombaça to Malindi, p. 39; Malindi, p. 40; across the Arabian Sea, p. 46