Volume 1

A new general collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.

Date:: 1745-1747

Credit: A new general collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$/lift ; \jcmez Perez put in at Rio del Oro, whence a Slaves. Next Year taiR nut TV /-*•; jt h'e brought one SlaVe, and many Skins of Sea withoZ f^ Cape St. Anne, he brought one SlaVe, and many Skins of Sea Wolves; and found the People there fomewhat tra&able. Alvaro Freytas, and Vincent Diaz, in the Ifland Tider, took fifty-nine Slaves. Din is Fernandez, and Palacano, at Cape St. Anne, took nine more, twelve of their Men fwimming afhore for them. With thefe, and fuch like fmall Suc¬ cess, they all returned home, having loft one fmall Vefiel; but the Men were faved a* CHAP. If. Difcoveries of the Portugueze continued from Cape Wrde, as far as Cabode Buena Efperanza, or the Cape of Good Hope : From the fame Authors. 1447. T'' ^ ^ Doubts and Fears which naturally at- X tend Expeditions into unknown Seas, or Countries, always obftruft great Defigns at the Beginning, fo as fometimes to caufe them wholly to be laid afide. And this had doubtlefs been the , Fate of the new proje&ed PafTage to India, if it had not been fupported by an indefatigable and judicious Prince, who was not deterred by an Ap- prehenfion of Difficulties. Rio Grande NUN NO FR IS FA N therefore, zealous to discovered, oblige his Mafter, advanced fixty Leagues beyond Cape Verde; and anchoring at the Mouth of Rio Grande, or the great River, ran up it in his Boat, and foon difcovered eighty Blacks in thirteen Al- with Orders from the Prince, to fettle a' I rade with the Moors of Me$a, or Mejfa, twelve Leagues beyond Cape Gue, where he got fiftyCue. Blacks, in lieu of eighty he carried with him, and returned, being drove away by a Storm Here was left behind, againft his Will, Juan Fer- nandez, he, who voluntarily ftaid before, amona t e Ajfanaji. They brought home a Lion, which was then much gazed atin Lisbon. The Fame > of thefe Enterprizes invited from the Kina cf Denmark’s Court, a Gentleman, called, Ballarte ; a Perfon capable and defirous of great Defians, well recommended by his King, at whofe Suit’ the Prince fent him with Ferdinando Alonfo, who was then going Ambaffador to the King of Cape Verde. At his Landing, the Natives appeared in Arms to oppofe him, till they were appealed by two Blacks, who told them th0 Portugueze Dcfwa was only to convert and civilize them; whereupon their Faritn, or Governor, came down to the Shore, and fent an Account of their Arrival to his King. Mean while, they began peaceably to trade; and fome Elephants Teeth having ftirred up a Defire in Ballarte to fee one alive, °a Black offered to gratify his Curiofity, but treacheroufiy jlew him, and fome of the Company; which ob¬ liged them not to ftay the Coming of that King. King Duarte [or Edward] dying the fame Grant of madias, who furroundcd him, and poured in their d frnfl) th^LfucKedtdliVm^^heinff Wf poifoned Arrows fo thick, that moft of his Men of Aae At fcventeenhZ’J S , fix Years He„ry. were kiHed before he couid .et held by Prince Pedro, Brother to the Difcoverer. hrom this Time, the Difcoveries were managed upon the King’s Account, who profecuted them, though not fo vigoroufiy, as his Uncle Henry had done, occafioned by the Differences between the King and Prince Peter. The firft Step he took their Chief, on which the reft fled. '' At^'lS e Uf tZ “cZfljaTl .at' £ ver Tab,,, to which he faded afterwards, he was Fifth and Tenth of all Things brought from wounded bv the Rlaclrs. ™h„ thence. Next Year> Leaye was giyt= jA w plant the Ifiands of the Azores, difcovered by Gon- za!o Velio 1 hey are feven in Number; theirNames Azores ot. Michael, St. Mary, Jefus or Fercera, Gra-tlante<i' ciofa, Pico, Fayal, Flores, and Cuervo, which lies fartheft to the Weftward, as the firft does moft Eafterly. They differ not much in Latitude, p , ^ 0 , ..— ^ which is about the fame with Lisbon; and had N*lma\ theyJook two Women ; which had coft f theirNamefrom agreatNumber of Hawks, which them dear, had not Diego Gonzales, with a CroflV - * ^ - • dWKi>’wnJcP bow, killed feven of the Iflanders, and among them their King, who led them with a Palm in his Hand, in Token of his Sovereignty b. GOMEZ PE RE Z, deceived by fome Moors of Rio del Oro, who had promifed a great Ran- fom, was revenged, by bringing away eighty * ^ -->**v*fc V/A IJiG ivitil were killed before he could get aboard, where he alfo died, none efcaping without a Wound. Only four Men, that were left in the Ship, brought her home, after wandering for two Months in the Sea, without knowing which Way to fteer. Al¬ varo Fernandez profecuting the fame Voyage, went forty Leagues beyond Friftan; where, being hard preffed by a Multitude of the Natives, he killed 7 ’ tv* vraiuoj lit Wdo wounded by the Blacks, who attacked him in five Almadias. Gilianes, and others, fet out with ten Caravels, carrying with them the Prifoners, unjuftly feized by John de Cajlilla. Putting in at Cape Verde, they were beaten, and loft five Men. As they had better Succefs among the Floors, they returned to Arguim, where they made forty-eight Slaves. At their Return to they call Azores, that were feen there when firft difcovered. In Cuervo was found the Statue of a Man on Horfeback, with a Cloak on, but no Hat; his Left-hand on the Horfe’s Main, his Right pointing to the Weft. There were fome Letters carved on the lower Rock, but not un- derftood. It feemed to point out America. Be- * De Faria y Scufa, ibid. b Id. ibid. caufe$