_Alvaro de Braga_, clerk of the _Berrio_ (Barros, Castanheda, Goes). Vasco appointed him head of the factory at Calecut. Correa (_Lendas_, I, pp. 89-91) erroneously calls him Pedro de Braga. He was rewarded by the King, February 1, 1501 (_Boletim_, 1886, p. 675). INTERPRETERS. *_Martim Affonso_ (Barros, I, pt. 1, p. 289; Castanheda, I, p. 15; Goes, I, p. 74; Faria y Sousa, p. 29). He had lived in Congo. _Fernão Martins_ (Barros, I, pt. 1, p. 290; Castanheda, I, pp. 51, 54; Goes, I, p. 89). Vasco sent him to the King of Calecut, and he was present at the audience which Vasco had of the King (Goes, I, p. 95). Subsequently he filled several positions of trust in India. He is the “African slave” who spoke Arabic, referred to by Correa (Stanley’s _Vasco da Gama_, pp. 76, 203). _João Martins_, see João Nunez, _infra_. PRIESTS. _Pedro de Covilhã_, called Pero de Cobillones by Faria y Sousa (I, p. 29), who refers to ancient documents and the assertion of F. Christoval Osorio, of the Order of Trinity, as his authorities. He was Prior of a monastery of the Order of the Trinity at Lisbon, and went out as Chaplain of the Fleet and Father Confessor. According to Francisco de Sousa’s _Oriente Conquistado_, I, p. 477, he died a martyr on July 7, 1498, and this statement is accepted by P. Francisco de S. Maria (_Anno historico_, II, Lisbon, 1794, p. 323). Fr. Jeronymo de São Jose (_Historia chronologica da Ordem da S. Trindade_, Lisbon, 1789-94) enlarges upon this by stating that this apocryphal “protomartyr” of India “was speared whilst expounding the doctrines of the Trinity”. At the date of his alleged death, Vasco da Gama was still at Calecut. He may have died of disease. Neither Barros, Castanheda, nor Correa mentions the name of this priest. _João Figueiro._ Correa claims to have derived much information from a diary kept by this priest, of which only fragments appear to have come into his possession. Other authors ignore the name (see Stanley’s _Vasco da Gama_, pp. ii, vi, 260). SAILORS AND SOLDIERS. _João d’Ameixoeira_ or _Dameiroeiro_. According to Correa (I, p. 136), he was one of the mutineers who returned to Portugal. No other writer mentions him. _Pedro de Faria e Figueiredo_, died at Cabo das Correntes (Faria y Sousa, I, p. 29). _Francisco de Faria e Figueiredo_, brother of the preceding. He wrote Latin verses. He, too, died at Cabo das Correntes (Faria y Sousa, I, p. 29). *_Sancho Mexia_, incidentally mentioned in the _Roteiro_ (see p. 6). _João Palha_, one of the thirteen who attended Vasco da Gama to Calecut (Correa, I, p. 96). _Gonçalo Pirez_, a mariner and retainer of Vasco da Gama (Castanheda, I, p. 54). On May 31, 1497, he had been appointed master of a caravel recently built at Oporto (Texeira de Aragão, _Boletim_, 1886, p. 563).