| | Çumatra |4, Ataporbana; 5, Ataprobana; |Sumatra | 6, Taprobann | ------------------------+--------------------------------+--------------- [a] Juan de la Cosa places “a praia s. plo” (pablo) outside the Cape. [b] On the anonymous map published by Dr. Hamy, this Point (punta spinosa) is placed on the _west_ coast, and may possibly be Bok Point. [c] The name of Ponta de gran (“scarlet cloth cape”) may have been given to the Needle Cape before the supposed fact that the needle in its vicinity pointed due north had been observed. [d] For notes on the identification of this bay, see p. 9, note 4. [e] Bay of lagoons seems a misnomer. Subsequently the bay was dedicated to S. Catherine. [f] “Queimada” means a forest-fire, but there are no “forests”, at all events near the coast. The hills, however, are partially covered with bush, which may have been set on fire. [g] This second “golfo dos vaqueiros” may be a duplication. [h] Our present Lagoa Bay seems originally to have been called “Bay of the Rock”. Subsequently it became known as Bahia dos lobos (Seal Bay) and Bahia de lagoa (Lagoon Bay), perhaps after the Rio da lagoa (Lagoon River), which figures very prominently on Dr. Hamy’s and Cantino’s Charts, and almost seems to represent the Rio de Infante in the case of the former. The Kasuga River, which is closed at its mouth, and forms a lake-like expansion at the back of the dunes, seems to correspond more nearly with the conditions required. Several other rivers, to the east and west of it, present the same feature, and these may have given rise to the designation “Praia das alagôas”, _i.e._, Shore of Lagoons. For identifications of localities within this bay, see p. 14, _note_. [i] Thus named after the evergreen oak (_Ilex crocea_), known in South Africa as Safraan hout. [j] Along this coast the pent-up water of several rivulets soaks through the coast-ridge, giving rise to springs. This may account for the “Fountain Rock”. [k] Keiskamma Point looks like an island when seen from the sea, and this may account for the island of St. Christopher, of the first explorers, developing into a river dedicated to the same Saint when the country became better known. [l] “Praia corada” (Red shore), I am unable to identify, as there are no red cliffs along this part of the coast. Perhaps we ought to read “_cerrada_”, with reference to the rocks which fringe the coast. [m] I can make nothing of “Golfo boscho”. Bósco is the Italian for “wood, forest”, and is the synonym of “bosque” in Portuguese. Woods are plentiful along this coast. [n] For its identification, see p. 17. [o] Delagoa Bay seems to have been known originally as “Golfo dos tres Reis magos” (Gulf of the Three Kings); see p. 18, _note_. The Rio do Ouro is the Limpopo.