Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF GAMA'S FIRST VOYAGE TO INDIA
- THE FIRST VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA” OF GASPAR CORREA
- TO THE READER
- CHAPTER I How the King Dom Joan sent Joan de Covilhan and Gonzallo de Pavia, his equerries, to go and learn about the countries of Prester John of India
- CHAPTER II How the King sent Janifante with four caravels to discover the coast of Guiné
- CHAPTER III How, by the death of the King Dom Joam, the King Dom Manoel, who succeeded to the kingdom, occupied himself with the discovery of India
- CHAPTER IV How the King commanded the ships which had been begun to be finished, and how they were provided with the things which they had to take for their voyage
- CHAPTER V How the King gave the captaincy of three ships to Vasco da Gama, a nobleman of his house, and charged him to go and discover India
- CHAPTER VI How Vasco da Gama provided the ships in great abundance with the things that were necessary for his voyage
- CHAPTER VII How the King committed the Royal Standard to Vasco da Gama in the Cathedral of Lisbon, and despatched him, and he departed to the discovery of India
- CHAPTER VIII Of the navigation which the ships performed, and of the storms which they underwent, until they doubled the Cape of Good Hope, which they did not see
- CHAPTER IX How the ships saw land within the Cape, and ran along it, and of what they found, and the winter overtook them at sea, where they weathered great storms, and Vasco da Gama put the pilots in irons
- CHAPTER X How the ships entered a beautiful river, in which they refitted the two ships and burned the other, and they named this river the River of Mercy
- CHAPTER XI How the two ships left the river of Mercy, and ran along the coast to Mozambique, and of what they found and did before they arrived there
- CHAPTER XII How the ships arrived at Mozambique, and what happened to them there
- CHAPTER XIII How the ships went away from Mozambique along the coast; and of what happened by the way until they reached Melinde
- CHAPTER XIV How the ships reached Melinde, and of the good peace which the King established with our people, and from thence they departed to Calicut
- CHAPTER XV How the King of Melinde bade farewell to our people, and of the equipment which he gave them; after which they went and reached the port of Calecut on the coast of India
- CHAPTER XVI How the ships arrived at the city of Calecut, and in which is related all that happened to them there until they again departed
- CHAPTER XVII How Vasco da Gama went on shore, and had an interview with the King of Calecut, and spoke to him about a covenant of peace and trade: and of what happened
- CHAPTER XVIII How the Portuguese went to the port of Cananor, and saw the King, and of what happened with him, and what they settled
- CHAPTER XIX How the ships departed from Cananor and crossing over to Melinde met with calms, and put in, and touched at the island of Angediva: and of that which happened to them there
- CHAPTER XX How the ships arrived at Melinde, and what they did there until they departed for the kingdom
- CHAPTER XXI How our men departed from Melinde and arrived in Portugal; and of what happened to them by the way
- CHAPTER XXII Of the reception and honours and favours which the King granted to Vasco da Gama, and to those who had gone with him on this voyage
- THE SECOND VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA: FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA” OF GASPAR CORREA
- THE THIRD VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, AND HIS VICEROTALTY: FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA,” OF GASPAR CORREA
- APPENDIX
- GENERAL INDEX
- ERRATA
CHAPTER XIV - How the ships reached Melinde, and of the good peace which the King established with our people, and from thence they departed to Calicut
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF GAMA'S FIRST VOYAGE TO INDIA
- THE FIRST VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA” OF GASPAR CORREA
- TO THE READER
- CHAPTER I How the King Dom Joan sent Joan de Covilhan and Gonzallo de Pavia, his equerries, to go and learn about the countries of Prester John of India
- CHAPTER II How the King sent Janifante with four caravels to discover the coast of Guiné
- CHAPTER III How, by the death of the King Dom Joam, the King Dom Manoel, who succeeded to the kingdom, occupied himself with the discovery of India
- CHAPTER IV How the King commanded the ships which had been begun to be finished, and how they were provided with the things which they had to take for their voyage
- CHAPTER V How the King gave the captaincy of three ships to Vasco da Gama, a nobleman of his house, and charged him to go and discover India
- CHAPTER VI How Vasco da Gama provided the ships in great abundance with the things that were necessary for his voyage
- CHAPTER VII How the King committed the Royal Standard to Vasco da Gama in the Cathedral of Lisbon, and despatched him, and he departed to the discovery of India
- CHAPTER VIII Of the navigation which the ships performed, and of the storms which they underwent, until they doubled the Cape of Good Hope, which they did not see
- CHAPTER IX How the ships saw land within the Cape, and ran along it, and of what they found, and the winter overtook them at sea, where they weathered great storms, and Vasco da Gama put the pilots in irons
- CHAPTER X How the ships entered a beautiful river, in which they refitted the two ships and burned the other, and they named this river the River of Mercy
- CHAPTER XI How the two ships left the river of Mercy, and ran along the coast to Mozambique, and of what they found and did before they arrived there
- CHAPTER XII How the ships arrived at Mozambique, and what happened to them there
- CHAPTER XIII How the ships went away from Mozambique along the coast; and of what happened by the way until they reached Melinde
- CHAPTER XIV How the ships reached Melinde, and of the good peace which the King established with our people, and from thence they departed to Calicut
- CHAPTER XV How the King of Melinde bade farewell to our people, and of the equipment which he gave them; after which they went and reached the port of Calecut on the coast of India
- CHAPTER XVI How the ships arrived at the city of Calecut, and in which is related all that happened to them there until they again departed
- CHAPTER XVII How Vasco da Gama went on shore, and had an interview with the King of Calecut, and spoke to him about a covenant of peace and trade: and of what happened
- CHAPTER XVIII How the Portuguese went to the port of Cananor, and saw the King, and of what happened with him, and what they settled
- CHAPTER XIX How the ships departed from Cananor and crossing over to Melinde met with calms, and put in, and touched at the island of Angediva: and of that which happened to them there
- CHAPTER XX How the ships arrived at Melinde, and what they did there until they departed for the kingdom
- CHAPTER XXI How our men departed from Melinde and arrived in Portugal; and of what happened to them by the way
- CHAPTER XXII Of the reception and honours and favours which the King granted to Vasco da Gama, and to those who had gone with him on this voyage
- THE SECOND VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA: FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA” OF GASPAR CORREA
- THE THIRD VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, AND HIS VICEROTALTY: FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA,” OF GASPAR CORREA
- APPENDIX
- GENERAL INDEX
- ERRATA
Summary
Our men having left Bombaza, they ran along the coast with much vigilance, because they did not trust to the pilot whom they had got in irons, and proceeding on their voyage, one afternoon they sighted two sambuks, of which they only captured one, for the other got so close in to shore that the ships could not reach it, until it found a very narrow river, into which it put in. The other, which was taken, was laden with ivory, and eighty men were captured in it. Its captain was a man of Dias, who was taking thither his wife, a very pretty woman, with rich jewels and money in a chest, and four women in her service. The captain-major distributed amongst the ships, only the people who remained in the sambuk, into which he ordered ten Portuguese to be put, whom he prohibited from moving anything, and bade them watch well by night, so as not to part company from the ships. They searched the sambuk and did not find any arms in it. So they went on until they arrived at Melinde, which is on the open coast. As the city was a great one, of noble buildings, and surrounded by walls, and placed immediately on the shore, it made an imposing appearance, and at the sight of it our men experienced great delight, and gave great praise to the Lord, who had brought them to such a country.
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- Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama, and his ViceroyaltyFrom the Lendas da India of Gaspar Correa; accompanied by original documents, pp. 109 - 136Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1869