[340] Called by the ancients
_Insulae
Purpurariae_.
Camoes - Lusiades
_
[334] Alluding to the fables of Phaeton and Icarus; the former having
obtained from Helios, his father, permission to guide the chariot of the
sun for one day, nearly set the world on fire. He perished in the river
Eridanus (the Po. ) Icarus, the sun having melted the wax with which his
wings were cemented, fell into that part of the AEgean which, from his
misfortune, was called the _Icarian Sea_. --_Ed. _
[335] The sun is in the constellation Leo in July. --_Ed. _
[336] The Serra de Cintra, situated about 15 miles N. W. of
Lisbon. --_Ed. _
[337] See the life of Don Henry, prince of Portugal, in the preface.
[338] Morocco.
[339] The discovery of some of the West Indian islands by Columbus was
made in 1492 and 1493. His discovery of the continent of America was not
till 1498. The fleet of GAMA sailed from the Tagus in 1497.
[340] Called by the ancients _Insulae Purpurariae_. Now Madeira, and Porto
Santo. The former was so named by Juan Gonzales, and Tristan Vaz, from
the Spanish word _madera_, wood. These discoverers wens sent out by the
great Don Henry.
[341] The Tropic of Cancer. --_Ed. _
[342] Called by Ptolemy _Caput Assinarium_, now Cape Verde.
[343] The Canaries, called by the ancients _Insulae Fortunatae_.
[344] The province of Jalofo lies between the two rivers, the Gambia and
the Zanago. The latter has other names in the several countries through
which it runs. In its course it makes many islands, inhabited only by
wild beasts. It is navigable for 150 leagues, at the end of which it is
crossed by a stupendous ridge of perpendicular rocks, over which the
river rushes with such violence, that travellers pass under it without
any other inconvenience than the prodigious noise. The Gambia, or _Rio
Grande_, runs 180 leagues, but is not so far navigable. It carries more
water, and runs with less noise than the other, though filled with many
rivers which water the country of Mandinga. Both rivers are branches of
the Niger. Their waters have this remarkable quality; when mixed
together they operate as an emetic, but when separate do not.
[334] Alluding to the fables of Phaeton and Icarus; the former having
obtained from Helios, his father, permission to guide the chariot of the
sun for one day, nearly set the world on fire. He perished in the river
Eridanus (the Po. ) Icarus, the sun having melted the wax with which his
wings were cemented, fell into that part of the AEgean which, from his
misfortune, was called the _Icarian Sea_. --_Ed. _
[335] The sun is in the constellation Leo in July. --_Ed. _
[336] The Serra de Cintra, situated about 15 miles N. W. of
Lisbon. --_Ed. _
[337] See the life of Don Henry, prince of Portugal, in the preface.
[338] Morocco.
[339] The discovery of some of the West Indian islands by Columbus was
made in 1492 and 1493. His discovery of the continent of America was not
till 1498. The fleet of GAMA sailed from the Tagus in 1497.
[340] Called by the ancients _Insulae Purpurariae_. Now Madeira, and Porto
Santo. The former was so named by Juan Gonzales, and Tristan Vaz, from
the Spanish word _madera_, wood. These discoverers wens sent out by the
great Don Henry.
[341] The Tropic of Cancer. --_Ed. _
[342] Called by Ptolemy _Caput Assinarium_, now Cape Verde.
[343] The Canaries, called by the ancients _Insulae Fortunatae_.
[344] The province of Jalofo lies between the two rivers, the Gambia and
the Zanago. The latter has other names in the several countries through
which it runs. In its course it makes many islands, inhabited only by
wild beasts. It is navigable for 150 leagues, at the end of which it is
crossed by a stupendous ridge of perpendicular rocks, over which the
river rushes with such violence, that travellers pass under it without
any other inconvenience than the prodigious noise. The Gambia, or _Rio
Grande_, runs 180 leagues, but is not so far navigable. It carries more
water, and runs with less noise than the other, though filled with many
rivers which water the country of Mandinga. Both rivers are branches of
the Niger. Their waters have this remarkable quality; when mixed
together they operate as an emetic, but when separate do not.
