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
+Gama, Paulo da+, offered the command of the expedition, xiii;
captain of the _S. Raphael_, 1;
loses the flagship, 2;
rejoins his brother, 3;
at St. Helena Bay, 8;
tends the sick, 21;
at Moçambique, 26, 31;
his ship aground at Malindi, 44;
at Calecut, 51, 65;
at Anjediva, 85;
his ship burnt, 91, 153;
alleged breaking-up of his ship, 146, 147;
his death, 94, 147, 148
+Gama, Vasco da+;
His birth, xiii;
qualification as a navigator, xiv;
compared with Columbus, xv;
his observations for latitude, xviii;
authorities on his first voyage, xix;
his death, xiv
_First Voyage._—The ships, 147, 151, 157-160;
muster-roll, 173;
despatch by King Manuel, 185, 230;
Lisbon, dep., 1, 123, 146, 148, 151, 153, 185;
Cape Verde, 3, 186;
across the Southern Atlantic, xvii, 3, 142, 186;
first landfall, 5, 189;
St. Helena Bay, 5, 192;
doubling the Cape, 8, 192;
S. Braz Bay, 9, 192;
alleged mutiny, 194;
a gale, 14, 194;
ilhéos chãos, 14, 195;
Ilhéos da Cruz, 15, 195;
Dias’ furthest, 15, 195;
the Agulhas current, viii, 15;
Rio do Cobre, 16, 196;
Rio dos bons Signaes, 19, 146;
Mozambique, 22, 146, 151, 197;
false start for the north, 28, 197;
the _S. Raphael_ aground, 33, 197;
Mombasa, 34, 198;
Malindi, 40, 146, 151, 198;
across the Arabian sea, 46, 198;
landfall near Mount Eli, 47, 198;
at Capocate, 48, 199;
royal audiences, 56, 61, 126;
capture of hostages, 72, 115, 180
Departure from Calecut, 76;
supposed visits to Cochin and Cananor, 146, 147, 200;
S. Maria islands and Anjediva, 80, 200;
across the Arabian Sea, 87, 200;
Magadoxo, 88, 200;
Malindi, 89, 200;
the _S. Raphael_ burnt, 91, 201;
Mozambique, 92, 201;
S. Braz Bay, 92, 201;
doubling the Cape, 92, 201;
Rio Grande, 93, 201;
return to Lisbon, 94, 113, 122, 124, 148
Loss of life during the voyage, 124, 141, 231
Second Voyage to India, 1502-3, 191, 233
Honours and rewards bestowed upon Vasco da Gama, 225-232
Instructions to Cabral, 190.
+Garnett, Dr. R.+, 119
+Gazelles+, 6
+Genoese+ needles, 26
+George+, _see_ +São Jorge+.
+Germanus, Henricus Martellus+, his Map, 204
+Ghats+, Western, in India, 199
+Ginger+, 77, 103, 113
+Giovanni da Empoli+, 6, 99, 191
+Goa+ (15° 25´ N., 73° 50´ E., Map IV), 219
+Goes, Damião de+, quoted, xx, 5, 8, 18, 19, 21, 26, 40, 45, 50, 53,
56, 57, 94, 112, 159, 175, 176, 178, 179, 180
+Gold+ of Sofala, 33, 113, 124
+Gonçalves, André+, 176
+Greiff, Dr. G.+, 121
+Guillen, Felipe+, 168
+Gujarat+ (Guzerat, 22° N., 72° E., Map IV), F 45, 63
+Gulf-weed+, 4
+Gulls+, 8
+Guzerate+ (Gujarat, 22° N., 72° E., Map IV), 45, 63
+“Guzerati”+, a merchant of Guzerat, or Gujarat, at Calecut, 63
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