[274] The King, or his advisers, thus at once identified Ptolemy’s Taprobane with Ceylon, whilst Ortelius, the professional geographer, seventy-six years later, still assigns that name to Sumatra (see his map _Indiae Orientalis_, in _Theatrum Orbis Terrarum_). [275] Monçaide and Gaspar da Gama, see Appendix E. [276] A Bull of Alexander VI, dated Rome 1497, kalendas of June, allows King Manuel and his successors to keep possession of the countries conquered from the infidels, without prejudice to any prior claims of other Christian powers, and prohibits all kings, not possessing such claims, from disturbing King Manuel in the enjoyment of these rights. Finally, the Pope requires the King to establish the Christian religion in all the countries he may conquer (quoted from _Alguns Documentos_, p. 90). [277] Canestrini, _Delle relazioni tra Firenze e il Portugallo_ (Archivo Storico Italiano, Florence, 1846, App. III). [278] Falcão, _Livro de toda a fazenda_, 1612, p. 144. [279] See Parte III, _Fonti italiane_, vol. i, p. 215; vol. ii, p. 113. [280] _Delle Navigationi e Viaggi_, i, Venice, 1550. [281] _Vita e lettere d’ Amerigo Vespucci_, Firenze, 1745, p. L. [282] Roteiro, 2º ed., pp. 124-7. [283] Markham, _The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci_. London (Hakluyt Society), 1894, p. x. [284] _Il Milione di Marco Polo_, Firenze, 1828, i, p. liii. [285] _Sechs-und-zwanzigster Jahresbericht des historichen Kreisvereins von Schwaben_, Augsburg, 1861, pp. 113-170. [286] Peutinger studied at Padua and other cities of Italy, 1483-6. He is supposed to have paid a flying visit to Rome early in the sixteenth century. His brother-in-law, Christopher Welser, was at that time resident there, and perhaps the abstract was made by him. [287] Sailing vessels going from the Cape Verde Islands to Lisbon frequently shape their course by the Azores. See p. 94. [288] Translated from Codex 1910 in the Riccardian Library at Florence. [289] Literally, “whalers”, or “vessels having the shape of a whale”, called “barinels” by the Portuguese, and not caravels. [290] According to the _Paesi novamente retrovati_ and Ramusio, there were 180, but Peutinger says there were 118, of whom 55 died and 60 came back. [291] According to the _Paesi_, etc., July 11th. [292] This was the vessel commanded by Nicolau Coelho. [293] “_Molto amalado_”. The _Paesi_ says “amallato a morte”, sick unto death, the very expression used by Peutinger. [294] Ramusio says 1,300 leagues, but even this is a gross exaggeration. If we allow 17½ leagues to a degree, the new land actually discovered beyond the Rio de Infante amounted to 860 leagues, viz., 800 leagues along the African coast and 60 leagues in India. [295] From the Cape to the Rio dos Bons Signaes is only 460 leagues. [296] The Rio dos Bons Signaes, or Kiliman River.