Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, Carol Ann Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber’s Note: This text includes characters that require UTF-8 (Unicode) file encoding: āīū (letters with macron or “long” mark) Γαράμαντεσ (Greek) ãẽñõ (letters with tilde) äëïöü (letters with umlaut) âîôû (letters with circumflex) ç (c with cedilla) ° (degree sign, with latitude and longitude) If any of these characters do not display properly--in particular, if the diacritic does not appear directly above the letter--or if the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, ensure your text reader’s “character set” or “file encoding” is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change the default font. Additional notes are at the end of the book.] WORKS ISSUED BY The Hakluyt Society. THE CHRONICLE OF THE DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF GUINEA. VOL I. No. XCV. THE CHRONICLE OF THE DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF GUINEA. WRITTEN BY GOMES EANNES DE AZURARA; NOW FIRST DONE INTO ENGLISH BY CHARLES RAYMOND BEAZLEY, M.A., F.R.G.S., LATE FELLOW OF MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE LISBON GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY; AND EDGAR PRESTAGE, B.A.OXON., KNIGHT OF THE MOST NOBLE PORTUGUESE ORDER OF S. THIAGO; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE LISBON ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, THE LISBON GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, ETC. VOL. I (CHAPTERS I-XL). With an Introduction on the Life and Writings of the Chronicler. BURT FRANKLIN, PUBLISHER NEW YORK, NEW YORK Published by BURT FRANKLIN 514 West 113th Street New York 25, N. Y. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY REPRINTED BY PERMISSION PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. TO HIS MOST FAITHFUL MAJESTY DOM CARLOS Io, KING OF PORTUGAL AND THE ALGARVES, THIS WORK IS BY PERMISSION DEDICATED. COUNCIL OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY. SIR CLEMENTS MARKHAM, K.C.B., F.R.S., _Pres. R.G.S._, PRESIDENT. THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY, VICE-PRESIDENT. SIR A. WOLLASTON FRANKS, K.C.B., F.R.S., VICE-PRESIDENT. C. RAYMOND BEAZLEY, ESQ., M.A. MILLER CHRISTY, ESQ. COLONEL G. EARL CHURCH. THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE N. CURZON, M.P. ALBERT GRAY, ESQ. THE RIGHT HON. LORD HAWKESBURY. EDWARD HEAWOOD, ESQ., M.A. ADMIRAL SIR ANTHONY H. HOSKINS, K.C.B. REAR-ADMIRAL ALBERT H. MARKHAM. A. P. MAUDSLAY, ESQ. E. DELMAR MORGAN, ESQ. CAPTAIN NATHAN, R.E. ADMIRAL SIR E. OMMANNEY, C.B., F.R.S. CUTHBERT E. PEEK, ESQ. E. G. RAVENSTEIN, ESQ. COUTTS TROTTER, ESQ. REAR-ADMIRAL W. J. L. WHARTON, C.B., R.N. WILLIAM FOSTER, ESQ., _Honorary Secretary_. [Illustration] EDITORS' PREFACE.