[493] A town on the Tejo, 20 miles above Lisbon. [494] Cordeiro, _Boletim_, 1892, p. 288. This _Alvaró_ was confirmed by King John, June 17, 1522 (Cordeiro, _O Premio da Descoberta_, p. 45). [495] Cordeiro, _O Premio da Descoberta_, p. 46. [496] _Roteiro_, Appendice, p. 175. [497] Niza, a town in the district of Portalegre, about 100 miles to the N.E. of Lisbon. When the 5th Count da Gama was raised to the dignity of a “Marquis” in 1648, he took his title from this town. [498] Cordeiro, _Boletim_, 1892, p. 289. [499] Cordeiro, _Boletim_, 1892, p. 292. [500] Cordeiro, _Boletim_, 1892, pp. 278, 291. [501] Cordeiro, pp. 274, 295. [502] Cordeiro, _Boletim_, p. 295. [503] Cordeiro, p. 280. [504] Cordeiro, _O Premio da Descoberta_, p. 46. [505] _Cordeiro_, p. 302. I. INDEX AND GLOSSARY. +Açoutado+, ilha do (Kiziwa, 12° 35´ S., 400° 40´ E., Map III), 32, 218 +Adarga+ (Arabic _el darakah_); according to Jubinal (_Armeria Real_, Madrid, Plate 3), a short spear with a target-like handguard, and a dagger projecting at right angles; compare Burton’s _Camoens_, xiv, p. 571. +Affonso, Martin+, interpreter, 12, 17, 176; Boa Gente, 17 +“Africa Pilot,”+ quoted, 32, 93, 197 +Agonia+ (Arabic _El Jumbiyeh_) a crooked dagger worn in the waist waist-belt, 30 +Agostinho+, Cabe de, Brazil (8° S., 35° W.), 205 +Agulhas+, Cabo das (34° 50´ S., 20° E., Map II), 168, 169, 215 +Agulhas+ current, xviii, 15, 195 +Ailly, Pierre d’+ (b. 1350, d. 1419), xvii +Albertis, E. A. D’+, quoted 161, 174 +Albuquerque, Affonso de+ (Governor of India, 1509-15), 179, 191 +Alcacer do Sal+, Portugal (38° 20´ N., 8° 30´ W.), 159 +Alcaide+ (Arabic _Al Kadi_), a judge, 35 In Portuguese it means the governor of a province, town, or castle. _Alcaide-mór_ governor in chief; _Alcaideria_, the district or office of an alcaide. +Alcochete+ (38° 46´ N., 80° 57´ W.), town, Portugal, 46 +Alenquer, Pero d’+, 175; at S. Helena Bay, 5; at the Cape, 9; Cross Island, 14 +Alexander VI+, Pope (1492-1503), 115 +Alexandria+, Egypt, 78 +Algoa Bay+ (33° 50´ S., 26° E., Map II), 15, 221 +Aljofar+ (from Arabic _Jauhar_ or _Gohar_ i.e., “Jewel”). In Portuguese it means seed-pearls. +Alliacus+, _see_ +Ailly, Pierre d’+. +Almadia+ (Arabic _El Maziyah_), a ferry-boat, dug-out, 20 +Almanach perpetuum+, 167 +Almeida, D. Francisco de+ (Viceroy of India, 1505-9); at Mombaça, 38, 39; at Malindi, 44; at Anjediva, 80 +Almoxarife+ (Arabic), a receiver of customs or taxes. +Almude+, a measure of capacity, holding 29½ pints. +Aloes+, 99, 104, 213 +Alvares, Gonçalo+, master of the _S. Gabriel_, 176 +Alvarez, Francisco+ (Chaplain of Portuguese mission in Abyssinia, 1520-27), 24, 167 +Ambergris+, 135, 213, 219 +Ameixoeira, João de+, 177 +Anafil+ (Arabic _El Nafir_), a sort of trumpet, 22, 42 +Anchovies+, 92