Canto X. Endnotes.
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The Pacific, west of “Temistitam” (Tenochtitlan, Mexico). ↩
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The Magic Mirror (Canto VIII. 45). ↩
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Da Gama’s second voyage. ↩
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Trimumpára, Rajah of Cochin. ↩
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“Conqueror of the Indies.” ↩
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At the mouth of the Cochin Backwater. ↩
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Rajahship south of Cochin. ↩
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The Samorim. ↩
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Dom Francisco d’Almeida, first Viceroy. ↩
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Lucan, VI. 251, etc. ↩
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Chief Harbour of Bijapur. ↩
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Islet in the Gulf of Cutch, governed by Malik Iyáz. ↩
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Mir Husayn, the Turk. ↩
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38 a. Not in Camoens. ↩
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Madagascar. ↩
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On Ormuz or Hormuz Isle. ↩
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Bahrayn Island. ↩
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Nov. 25, 1510. ↩
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The Malay “crease.” ↩
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Alludes to the hanging of Ruy Dias. ↩
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Succeeded Soares, A.D. 1518. ↩
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Hod. Masawwah Island. ↩
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D. Duarte, A.D. 1522. ↩
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D. Henrique, A.D. 1525. ↩
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D. Pedro, A.D. 1526. ↩
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Java. ↩
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Lope Vaz S., the Usurper. ↩
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The Moslem Admiral. ↩
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D. Nuno, A.D. 1529. ↩
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Bahádur Sháh, King of Cambay. ↩
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D. Garcia, A.D. 1539. ↩
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Estevam da Gama, A.D. 1540. ↩
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Villegagnon, expelled by Martim (Martinho) Afonso de Souza, chosen A.D. 1542. ↩
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Now Sadashivgarh. ↩
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D. Joam de Castro (A.D. 1545) worthily ends the Viceroys. ↩
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Commanding Diu fort. ↩
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Rahádur Sháh of Gujarát. ↩
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Elephants. ↩
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Adil Sháh of Bijápúr. ↩
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The Solar System (Ptolemeian). ↩
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Or Imperial: No. 11 sphere, “sensorium of the Deity.” ↩
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A couplet for “The Spiritualist.” ↩
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First mover, i.e. source of motion: Sphere No. 10. ↩
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i.e. moving the orbs from east to west. ↩
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Crystalline Sphere (No. 9), revolving in 49,000 years. ↩
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Firmament or Zodiac: Sphere No. 8. ↩
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In orig. Posada, i.e., not a home. ↩
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The Jesuit G. da Silveira, A.D. 1561. ↩
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The Zambeze. ↩
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95a. Not in Camoens.
“And see yon twain from Britain’s foggy shore
set forth dark Africk’s jungle-plain to span;
thy furthest fount, O Nilus! they explore,
and where Zaïré springs to seek the Main:
The Veil of Isis hides thy land no more,
whose ways wide open to the world are lain:
They deem, vain fools! to win fair Honour’s prize:—
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Rufiji river (of “sewn boats”). ↩
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Of vulgar error. ↩
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Arab horses. ↩
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Ras el-Hadd. ↩
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D. Pedro de C., Governor of Hormuz. ↩
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Paragoge for Lár. ↩
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On the Zanzibar Coast. ↩
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Sind; the “Bore” (flood-tide), and Cutch Gulf. ↩
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Indus and Ganges. ↩
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The Brahminical cord. ↩
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Chittagong. ↩
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Tavoy, in Tenasserim. ↩
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Malaccan Pa-ang, and Patani. ↩
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Burmans. ↩
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The Karen tribe. ↩
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The singer personifies himself as “Song.” ↩
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The seaboard of Cochin China. ↩
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Hainan. ↩
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Malasia. ↩
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i.e., be applied to missions. ↩
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Java. ↩
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We now return westward to Sumatra. ↩
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Styrax benzoin (gum benjamin). ↩
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Adam’s Peak. ↩
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The Coco-de-mer. ↩
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Ambergris. ↩
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Magellan. ↩
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S. Cruz (= The Brazil) found by Cabral, A.D. 1500. ↩
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The Patagonians. ↩
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Australia (?) ↩
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Epilogue addressed to D. Sebastiam. ↩
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Alii “Marroco’s Moors” (Mouros). ↩