Format:
1 online resource (1 volume various pages)
ISBN:
9781315614656
,
9781317038368
Series Statement:
Hakluyt Society, First Series v. 100
Uniform Title:
Cronica dos feitos de Guinee
Content:
chapter THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE. -- chapter II The Author's invocation. -- chapter III In which we recount the descent of the Infant Don Henry. -- chapter IV Which speaketh of the habits of the Infant Don Henry. -- chapter V In which the Chronicler speaketh briefly of the notable matters which the Infant performed for the service of God and the honour of the Kingdom. -- chapter VI In which the Author, who setteth in order this history, saith something of what he purposeth concerning the virtues of the Infant Don Henry. -- chapter VII In which five reasons appear why the Lord Infant was moved to command the search for the lands of Guinea. -- chapter VIII Why ships had not hitherto dared to pass beyond Cape Bojador. -- chapter IX How Gil Eannes, a native of Lagos, was the first who passed the Cape of Bojador, and how he returned thither again, and with him Affonso Gonçalvez Baldaya. -- chapter X How Affonso Gonçalvez Baldaya reached the Rio d'Ouro. -- chapter XI Of the things that were achieved in the years following. -- chapter XII How Antam Gonçalvez brought back the first Captives. -- chapter XIII How Nuno Tristam reached the spot where Antam Gonçalvez was, and how he dubbed him knight. -- chapter XIV How Antam Gonçalvez, and afterwards Nuno Tristam, came before the Infant with their booty. -- chapter XV How the Infant Don Henry sent his embassy to the Holy Father, and of the answer that he had. -- chapter XVI How Antam Gonçalvez went to make the first ransom. -- chapter XVII How Nuno Tristam went to the island of Gete, and of the Moors that he took. -- chapter XVIII How Lançarote required license from the Infant to go with his ships to Guinea. -- chapter XIX Who were the Captains of the other Caravels, and of the first booty that they made. -- chapter XX How they went to the island of Tiger, and of the Moors that they took. -- chapter XXI How they, Lançarote and the others, returned in their boats to Tiger, and of the Moors that they took. -- chapter XXII Of the reasons that Gil Eannes gave, and how they went to Tiger, and of the Moors that they took. -- chapter XXIII How they went to Cape Branco, and of what they did there. -- chapter XXIV How the caravels arrived at Lagos, and of the account that Lançarote gave to the Infant. -- chapter XXV Wherein the Author reasoneth somewhat concerning the pity inspired by the captives, and of how the division was made. -- chapter XXVI How the Infant Don Henry made Lançarote a Knight. -- chapter XXVII How the Infant ordered Gonçallo de Sintra to go to Guinea, and how he was killed. -- chapter XXVIII Of the reasons that the Author giveth for a warning as to the death of Gonçallo de Sintra. -- chapter XXIX How Antam Gonçalvez and Gomez Pirez and Diego Affonso went to the Rio d'Ouro. -- chapter XXX How Nuno Tristam went to Tira, and of the Moors that he took captive there. -- chapter XXXI How Dinis Diaz went to the land of the Negroes, and of the Captives that he took. -- chapter XXXII How Antam Gonçalvez, Garcia Homem, and Diego Affonso, set out for Cape Branco. -- chapter XXXIII How they went to Ergim* Island, and of the Moors they took there. -- chapter XXXIV How John Fernandez came to the caravels. -- chapter XXXV How Antam Gonçalvez went to make the ransom. -- chapter XXXVI How they took the Moors at Cape Branco. -- chapter XXXVII How the caravel of Gonçalo Pacheco and two other ships went to the isle of Ergim. -- chapter XXXVIII How Mafaldo took forty-six Moors. -- chapter XXXIX How they landed another time, and of the things that they did. -- chapter XL How Alvaro Vasquez took the seven Moors.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781317038382
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315614656
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