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 XII - How the ships arrived at Mozambique, and what happened to them there
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
On arriving at Mozambique, which is subject to the King of Quiloa, they came to three islands, which are outside of it; Vasco da Gama sent his pilot in a boat to follow the sambuk and take soundings of the entrance of the port: and taking in the large sails, they entered the port under foresails and mizens, astern of the sambuk; there they found a good bottom and the roadstead sheltered from the sea winds. They saw on shore a large town of houses covered with thatch; so that our men gave great thanks to the Lord for having brought them into port where they could now see houses and people. Having thus arrived, the captain-major went to his brother's ship to tell him to enter the port with the standard at his peak, which he accordingly did: they there conversed, and Vasco da Gama gave him an account of the good words he had heard from the Moor, and all that he had told him. He then bade them take the cafres to the sambuk, and they went away much pleased with pieces of white stuff which were given them, and they brought back the sailors who were on board the sambuk. The cafres went to the shore, where many people collected on the beach to question them, and in a short time they returned to the ship in a canoe, with cocoa-nuts and two hens, which they gave to the captain-major, and begged of him some biscuit and wine to take on shore, which he ordered to be given them, and they returned ashore well satisfied.
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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. 80 - 93Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1869