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Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads), vol. 2 of 2

Chapter 19: Canto X. Endnotes.
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A long poetic narrative celebrates a seafaring nation’s maritime explorations, tracing perilous voyages to distant shores and rich port cities while blending mythological episodes and divine interventions with vivid geographical and cultural description. The cantos alternate stirring exhortations to Christian rulers, reflections on rivalries and moral duty in Europe, and detailed scenes of arrival, negotiation, and local custom along Indian coasts. Throughout, the verse examines glory, providence, and the human costs and rewards of discovery, moving between lyrical praise, political commentary, and epic storytelling in a sustained meditation on empire and navigation.

Canto X. Endnotes.

  1. The Pacific, west of “Temistitam” (Tenochtitlan, Mexico).

  2. The Magic Mirror (Canto VIII. 45).

  3. Da Gama’s second voyage.

  4. Trimumpára, Rajah of Cochin.

  5. “Conqueror of the Indies.”

  6. At the mouth of the Cochin Backwater.

  7. Rajahship south of Cochin.

  8. The Samorim.

  9. Dom Francisco d’Almeida, first Viceroy.

  10. Lucan, VI. 251, etc.

  11. Chief Harbour of Bijapur.

  12. Islet in the Gulf of Cutch, governed by Malik Iyáz.

  13. Mir Husayn, the Turk.

  14. 38 a. Not in Camoens.

  15. Madagascar.

  16. On Ormuz or Hormuz Isle.

  17. Bahrayn Island.

  18. Nov. 25, 1510.

  19. The Malay “crease.”

  20. Alludes to the hanging of Ruy Dias.

  21. Succeeded Soares, A.D. 1518.

  22. Hod. Masawwah Island.

  23. D. Duarte, A.D. 1522.

  24. D. Henrique, A.D. 1525.

  25. D. Pedro, A.D. 1526.

  26. Java.

  27. Lope Vaz S., the Usurper.

  28. The Moslem Admiral.

  29. D. Nuno, A.D. 1529.

  30. Bahádur Sháh, King of Cambay.

  31. D. Garcia, A.D. 1539.

  32. Estevam da Gama, A.D. 1540.

  33. Villegagnon, expelled by Martim (Martinho) Afonso de Souza, chosen A.D. 1542.

  34. Now Sadashivgarh.

  35. D. Joam de Castro (A.D. 1545) worthily ends the Viceroys.

  36. Commanding Diu fort.

  37. Rahádur Sháh of Gujarát.

  38. Elephants.

  39. Adil Sháh of Bijápúr.

  40. The Solar System (Ptolemeian).

  41. Or Imperial: No. 11 sphere, “sensorium of the Deity.”

  42. A couplet for “The Spiritualist.”

  43. First mover, i.e. source of motion: Sphere No. 10.

  44. i.e. moving the orbs from east to west.

  45. Crystalline Sphere (No. 9), revolving in 49,000 years.

  46. Firmament or Zodiac: Sphere No. 8.

  47. In orig. Posada, i.e., not a home.

  48. The Jesuit G. da Silveira, A.D. 1561.

  49. The Zambeze.

  50. 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:—
    This exiled lives, and that untimely dies.

  51. Rufiji river (of “sewn boats”).

  52. Of vulgar error.

  53. Arab horses.

  54. Ras el-Hadd.

  55. D. Pedro de C., Governor of Hormuz.

  56. Paragoge for Lár.

  57. On the Zanzibar Coast.

  58. Sind; the “Bore” (flood-tide), and Cutch Gulf.

  59. Indus and Ganges.

  60. The Brahminical cord.

  61. Chittagong.

  62. Tavoy, in Tenasserim.

  63. Malaccan Pa-ang, and Patani.

  64. Burmans.

  65. The Karen tribe.

  66. The singer personifies himself as “Song.”

  67. The seaboard of Cochin China.

  68. Hainan.

  69. Malasia.

  70. i.e., be applied to missions.

  71. Java.

  72. We now return westward to Sumatra.

  73. Styrax benzoin (gum benjamin).

  74. Adam’s Peak.

  75. The Coco-de-mer.

  76. Ambergris.

  77. Magellan.

  78. S. Cruz (= The Brazil) found by Cabral, A.D. 1500.

  79. The Patagonians.

  80. Australia (?)

  81. Epilogue addressed to D. Sebastiam.

  82. Alii “Marroco’s Moors” (Mouros).