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