There can hardly be a doubt that the Italian mile was the same as the old Roman mile, and had a length of 1,480 m. Consequently, 4.236 of these miles were equal to a legoa, and when Sernigi (see p. 124) reckons 4¼ of these miles to a legoa he is very near the truth. On the Cantino chart 75 Italian miles are = 1° = 17.5 Portuguese legoas, and if we accept this estimate the legoa would be = 4.29 Italian miles. The Portuguese pilots at the Conference of Badajoz (1525), maintained, however, that 1 legoa = 4 Italian miles. As to Prof. Wagner’s “Portulano mile” (_Report of Sixth International Geographical Congress_, p. 698) of only 1,265 m., its shortness is obviously due to the very common over-estimate of distances, even when there is no mileage charge as in the case of London cabmen. +Leal, J. da Silva Mendes+, quoted, 95 +Leiria+ (39° 42´ N., 8° 50´ W.), 159 +Lelewel, Joachim+, 211 +Leguat, F.+, quoted, 6 +Lemos, Gaspar de+, 205 +Leonardo+ of Camões, 178 +Linen cloth+, 18 +Lindsay, W. S.+, 159, 161 +Lingams+, 83 +Linschoten’s+ _Itinerarium_, 203 +Loadstone+ islands, 129 +Lopes, Thomé+, 191 +Lourenço, Fernão+, 159 +Machado, Barbosa+, xxv +Machado, João+, a convict, 178 +Mafia+, island (70° 50´ S., 39° 50´ E., Map III), 33 +Magadoxo+ (2° 20´ N., 45° 25´ E.), 88, 200, 219 +Magelhães, Fernão de+, xv +Magnetic Variation+, 168 +Malabar+, casts, 49 +Malacca+, Malagua (2° 10´ N., 102° 10´ E., Map I), 77, 100, 220, 213 F. +Malayalam+, vocabulary, 105 +Malema Cana+, or +Canaqua+, pilot, 46, 181 +Malindi+, Melinde (3° 12´ S., 40° 10´ E., Map III), 40, 89, 125, 146 +Malmsey+, wine, 131 +Manicongo+ (Congo), 17 +Manso, Paiva+, quoted, 167 +Manuel, King+, his letters on Vasco da Gama’s first voyage, 111, 230; quoted, 96, 173, 233; rewards to Gama, 225 +Maps+, early, 203 +Marcel, Gabriel+, xxxvi +Marcos, Lucas+, an Abyssinian priest, 24, 167 +Maria+, _see_ +Santa Maria+. +Mariz+, _Dialogues_, xiv +Markham, Sir Clements R.+, quoted, xxxvi, 120, 165, 206, 208 +Markham, Admiral Albert H.+, xxxvi +Marlota+, a Moorish jacket or jerkin, 25 +Matikal+, a gold coin, value at Moçambique about 12_s._; see p. 25 +Martins, Fernão+, at Moçambique, 23; at Calecut, xxix, 50, 57, 62, 176 +Martinz, Fernão+, Royal Chaplain, xvi +McCrindle, J. W.+, quoted, 26 +Masser, Leonardi da Chá+, 180, 227, 233 +Mecca+ (21° 20´ N., 45° E., Map I), 47, 87, 113, 125, 130 +Melequa+, _see_ +Malacca+. +Melinde+, _see_ +Malindi+. +Melons+, 57 +Mendes, A. Lopes+, quoted, 80 +Mendoso, J. de Escalante de+, quoted, 174 +Mendonça, H. Lopez de+, 158, 161, 162 +Mercy+, river of, is identical with the Rio dos bons signaes, 19, 146, 173 +Mexia, Sancho+, at St. Helena Bay, 6, 177 +Millet+, 17 +Misericordia, Rio da+, is identical with the Rio dos bons signaes, 19, 169, 173