Without discussing this point here, let us say, nevertheless, that as to this voyage of the Catalans, whose arrival at the said river is not attested by any document, the reader should consult the map of M. Walckenaer, published in the scientific journal, _Annales des Voyages_, tom. 7, p. 246 (A.D. 1809), in which that learned geographer says, with good reason, that the said legend and project of Jayme Ferrer's voyage (as stated) does not at all prove that geographical knowledge in 1346 extended beyond Cape Bojador, or even beyond Cape Non (see also our _Memoir on the priority of our discoveries_, and the _Atlas_ which accompanies the said memoir).]--S. Cf. Introduction to vol. ii, pp. lxiii-lxiv.] [Endnote 159: (p. 194). _To the Kingdom._--[By this passage, and similar ones in chs. x, xi, and xvi, it is proved that the commercial relations of the Portuguese with the west coast of Africa beyond Bojador were established before the middle of the fifteenth century. The imports then consisted of gold-dust, slaves, and skins of sea-calves.]--S. Cf. Introduction to vol. ii, pp. x-xiii, lxi-lxxi.] [Endnote 160: (p. 198). _Tider._--[An island hard by Arguim (or forming one of the Arguim group). We must now add to what we said before, that this island, as well as those of the Herons (Ilha das Garças), and of Naar, is very clearly marked on the unpublished map of Vaz Dourado, but without the names given in this Chronicle. That cosmographer (Dourado) included them all under the denomination of _Isles of Herons_.]--S.] [Endnote 161: (p. 199). _Isle of Cerina._--[Comparing our text with the excellent map of Vaz Dourado, we find on the latter this island marked as nearest to the continent, and also nearest to the mouth of the St. John River. Dourado marks Arguim to the north, and to the south of _P. dos Reys_ marks four islands, which are those of Herons, of Naar, of Tider, and this one of which Azurara speaks. On the map of D'Anville, which is to be found in the work of P. Labat, _Nouvelle relation de l'Afrique_, tom. I, a map which includes the part of the coast from Cape Branco to the River of St. John, we read over an island very near Tider the word "Grine," which appears to be the Cerina of Azurara.]--S.] [Endnote 162: (p. 204). _Arrived at the end_, etc.--[On the position of this stream, see the map of d'Anville, published in the work of P. Labat, _Nouvelle relation de l'Afrique_, tom. I; and the _Mémoire sur la navigation aux côtes occidentales d'Afrique_, by Admiral Roussin, at p. 44, where he speaks of the _Baie du Lévrier_, which is 8 leagues in extent from N. to S., and 6 leagues across. This bay, in which our sailors entered, is to the north of the Cape of St. Anne.]--S.] [Endnote 163: (p. 212). _This Prince._--[Compare this passage with what we said in note 92, ch. xxx, as to the authority of this chronicle.]--S.]