Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea : Written by Gomes Eannes de Azurara : Volume II (Chapters XLI- XCVI).

COVER -- PREFATORY NOTE -- INTRODUCTION -- I.-THE LIFE OF PRINCE HENRY -- VOYAGES OF PRINCE HENRY'S SEAMEN ALONGTHE WEST AFRICAN COAST -- VOYAGES OF THE PORTUGUESE COMPLETING PRINCE HENRY'S WORK -- AFRICAN EXPLORATION PRELIMINARY TO PRINCE HENRY'S WORK -- THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS -- I. BEFORE PRINCE HENRY -- 2.-THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS IN PRINCE HENRY'S LIFETIME -- THE " SCHOOL OF SAGRES," ETC -- MAPS AND SCIENTIFIC GEOGRAPHY UP TO AND DURING PRINCE HENRY'S LIFE -- AZURARA'S CHRONICLE OF THE DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF GUINEA -- CHAPTER XLI. How they took the ten Moors -- CHAPTER XLII. How Alvaro Vasquez took the thirty-five Moors -- CHAPTER XLIII. How they returned on shore, and of the Moor that they took -- CHAPTER XLIV. How they sailed to the Land of the Negroes -- CHAPTER XLV. How they forced their way upon shore -- CHAPTER XLVI. Of the battle that they had, and of the Moors that they took -- CHAPTER XLVII. How they found the turtles in the Island -- CHAPTER XLVIII. How they returned again to the Island, and of the Christians that perished -- CHAPTER XLIX. How Langarote and the others of Lagos asked of the Infant permission to go to Guinea -- CHAPTER L. How the Infant replied to the men of Lagos, and of the armament that was made ready against the said island -- CHAPTER LI. How the caravels quitted Lagos, and what captains were in them -- CHAPTER LII. Of how the caravels met at Cape Branco, and how Laurence Diaz fell in with the caravels of Lisbon -- CHAPTER LIII. Of how Langarote held a council at Cape Branco -- CHAPTER LIV. Of how they found the other caravels at the Isle of Herons, and of the counsel that they took -- CHAPTER LV. How those people landed on the Island of Tider -- CHAPTER LVI. How they returned again to Tider, and of the Moors that they took -- CHAPTER LVII. How they went to Tira -- CHAPTER LVIII. Of the words that Lancarote spake.

CHAPTER LIX. Of the words which Gomez Pirez spoke, and how they went to the land of Guinea -- CHAPTER LX. How those caravels arrived at the river of Nile, and of the Guineas that they took -- CHAPTER LXI. In which the author relateth some things concerning the River of Nile -- CHAPTER LXII. Of the might of the Nile according to the Astronomers, and of its increase -- CHAPTER LXIII. How the Caravels set forth from the river, and of the voyage which they made -- CHAPTER LXIV. Of how Lancarote and Alvaro de Freitas captured a dozen Moors -- CHAPTER LXV. How Lancarote and Alvaro de Freitas and Vicente Diaz took fifty-seven Moors -- CHAPTER LXVI. How Rodrigueannes and Dinis Dias joined company -- CHAPTER LXVII. How the five caravels returned to the kingdom, and of what they did beforehand -- CHAPTER LXVIII. How the caravel of Alvaro Goncalvez d'Atayde and that of Picanco and the other of Tavilla sailed in company, and of the Canarians that they captured -- CHAPTER LXIX. How they took certain Canarians, despite the surety -- CHAPTER LXX. Of how Tristam of the Island went towards Cape Branco -- CHAPTER LXXI. Of how the men of Pallenco took the six Moors -- CHAPTER LXXII. Of what happened to Rodrigueannes de Travacos and Dinis Diaz -- CHAPTER LXXIII. Of how those in the second ambuscade disclosed themselves, and how the Moors were vanquished -- CHAPTER LXXIV. Of how Rodrigueannes and Dinis Diaz returned to the kingdom, and of what befell them on their voyage -- CHAPTER LXXV. Of how the caravel of John Goncalvez Zarco arrived at the land of the Negroes -- CHAPTER LXXVI. How the Author beginneth to speak of the manner of that land -- CHAPTER LXXVII. Of the things that happened to John Fernandez -- CHAPTER LXXVIII. Of the leagues that the caravels of the Infant went beyond the Cape, and of other things of all kinds.

CHAPTER LXXIX. Which speaketh of the Island of Canary and of the manner of living there -- CHAPTER LXXX. Which speaketh of the Island of Gomera -- CHAPTER LXXXI. Of the Island of Inferno or Teneriffe -- CHAPTER LXXXII. Of the Island of Palma -- CHAPTER LXXXIII. Of how the Island of Madeira was peopled, and also the other Islands that are in that part -- CHAPTER LXXXIV. Of how the Infant Don Henry required of the King the right over the Canaries -- CHAPTER LXXXV. Of how the caravel of Alvaro Dornellas returned, and of the Canarians that he took -- CHAPTER LXXXVI. Of how Nuno Tristam was slain in the land of Guinea, and of those who died with him -- CHAPTER LXXXVII. Of how Alvaro Fernandez returned again to the land of the Negroes, and of the things he accomplished there -- CHAPTER LXXXVIII. Of how the nine caravels departed from Lagos, and of the Moors they captured -- CHAPTER LXXXIX. How Gomez Pirez went to the Rio do Ouro, and of the Moors that he captured -- CHAPTER XC. Of the Moors that Gomez Pirez took in the other village -- CHAPTER XCI. Of what happened to John Fernandez when he was taking along the Moors -- CHAPTER XCII. How Gomez Pirez and the others who were with him took the other Moors -- CHAPTER XCIII. Of the caravel that went to Mega, and of the Moors that it found -- CHAPTER XCIV. How Vallarte went to the land of Guinea, and the fashion of his remaining there -- CHAPTER XCV. How Antam Goncalvez went and received the Island of Langarote in the Infant's name -- CHAPTER XCVI. Wherein the Author declareth how many souls were brought to this Kingdom from the beginning of this Conquest -- CHAPTER XCVII. In which the Author putteth a final conclusion to his work -- NOTES -- APPENDIX -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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