A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499
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A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499
Africa -- Description and travel; Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524; India -- Description and travel; Voyages and travels
The value of 100 réis was consequently 30.5_d._ up to 1499,
29.82_d._ from 1499 to 1517, and 29.08_d._ after 1517 (see
Nunes, _O livro dos Pesos, 1555_, published at Lisbon in 1868;
and M. B. Lopes Fernandes, _Memoria das moedas correntes em
Portugal_, Lisbon, 1856).
+Dalla Vedova, Prof.+, xxxvi, 133
+Dameiroeiro, João+, 177
+Davane+, the Moor, 21, 41, 181
+Declination+ of the sun, 167, 168
+Degradados+ (convicts or banished men), 174
+Delagoa Bay+ (26° S., 34° E.), its discovery, 19, 221
+Dely+, Eli, Mount (12° N., 75° 15´ E., Map IV), 47. 198
+Denis, Ferd.+, quoted, xxxiv, 53, 78
+Dias, Bartholomeu+ sails to Elmina, 2;
his conflict at the bay of S. Braz, 10;
his last padrão, 14, 15, 195;
builds Gama’s ships, 159
+Dias, Diogo+, 176;
factor at Pandarani, 67;
carries a message to the Zamorin, 70;
his imprisonment, 71, 73;
liberated, 74
+Dias, Pedro+, a convict, 178
+Dogs+ of the Hottentots, 6
+Dress+ at Calecut, 133
+Elephants+, how they are captured, 102;
at Mossel Bay, 11;
in India, 98, 99, 100, 133, 140
+Eli+, Dely, mount (12° N., 75° 15´ E., Map IV), 47, 198
+Empoli, Giovanni da+, quoted, 6, 99, 191
+Escolar, Pero+, pilot of the _Berrio_, x, 148, 175; _see_ +Escovar+.
+Escovar, Pero+, was associated with Santarem in the discovery of the
Gold Coast, 1471; another Pero Escovar went as pilot to the Congo,
1490; Barros and Resende call the pilot of the _Berrio_ Esolar and
not Escovar.
+Esphera+ de ouro, a coin, 170
+Esteves, Pero+, a convict, 178
+Evora+ (38° 33´ N., 7° 55´ W.), 235, 236
+Falcão, Luiz de Figueiredo+, 119, 147, 157
+False Bay+, South Africa (34° 15´ S., 18° 30´ E., Map II), 9, 215
+Fanão+, a coin, at Calecut worth 7.45_d._ (_see_ p. 69 _n._).
+Farazola+, Frasila, weight, at Calecut, equal to 10.4 kilos.,
or 22 lbs.
+Faria, Manuel de+, 170
+Faria, Severim de+, quoted, 175
+Faria e Figueiredo, Francisco de+, xxx, 177
+Faria e Figueiredo, Pedro de+, 177
+Faria y Sousa+, quoted, xxi, 46, 157, 173, 175, 177, 178
+Ferdinand, Valentin+, 178
+Fernandez, M. B. Lopez+, 170
+Figueiredo+, _see_ +Faria+ and +Falcão+.
+Figueiro, João+, a priest, xxxi, 177
+Fish+, 133
+Flutes+, 11
+Food+ at Calecut, 132
+Foot, Captn.+, view of Mombasa, 35
+Foster, William+, xxxvi
+Fowls+, 17
+Fracanzio di Montalboddo+, editor of _Paesi novamente retrovati_,
q. v.
+Francisco de S. Maria+, quoted, 177
+Frankincense+, 104, 213
+Fumos+ (25° S., 32° E., Map III), 17, 217
+Fusta+, a galley, 83
+Gabriel+, _see_ São +Gabriel+.
+Gallois, Prof. L.+, xxxvi, 210
+Galvão, Antonio+, quoted, 173, 198, 206
+Gama, Estevão da+, nephew of Vasco, Voyage to India, 191
+Gama, Gaspar da+, at Anjediva, 84, 152;
tortured, 86;
information on countries to the south, 95, 115, 121;
his history, 179, 180
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