The Voyages of Cadamosto and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE TRADE BETWEEN THE WESTERN SUDAN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN -- II. THE PORTUGUESE ON THE COAST OF WESTERN AFRICA 1448-90 -- III. ALVISE CADAMOSTO -- IV. THE DISCOVERY OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS -- NOTES ON THE TEXTS -- THE VOYAGES OF ALVISE CADAMOSTO AND PERO DE SINTRA -- THE LETTER OF ANTOINE MALFANTE FROM TUAT, 1447 -- THE VOYAGES OF DIOGO GOMES -- EXTRACTS FROM THE 'DECADAS DA INDIA' OF JOAO DE BARROS -- APPENDIX. NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CADAMOSTO'S NARRATIVE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATION -- S. JORGE DA MINA. (FROM THE CHART OF SEBASTILO LOPES, 1558. B.M. ADD. MS. 27,303) -- WESTERN AFRICA AND THE CAPE VERDE IDS. FROM THE ATLAS OF GRAZIOSO BENINCASA, 1468 (B.M. ADD. MS. 6390).

Translation and edition. The additional documents, in translation, comprise a letter by Antoine Malfante, 1447, an account of the voyages of Diogo Gomes, c. 1456, and extracts from João de Barros, Decadas de Asia.

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