Inscriptions /V/7 !>// Early 



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" Bra da creacao do mundo de bjMbjclxxxb e de X (to) de 

 llllclxxxb o. eycelent(e) esclarecido Kei dom J s. de portugal 

 mandou descobrir esta terra e poer este padram por d(c.) ao cav". 

 de sua casa." 



Tbe translation into English would be 



" In the year of the creation of the world, 6684, by the excellent 

 and enlightened King Dom John the Second of Portugal, was 



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ordered the discovery of this land, and the erection of this 

 pillar by Diogo Cao, a knight of his house(hold)." 



[Por Diogo Cao had been made a knight in 1484 as a result 

 of his first voyage, which led to the discovery of the Eiver Zaire, 

 now usually termed Congo.] 



By order of the Emperor of Germany this pillar was removed 

 to Germany, and a replica of the same erected where the original 

 stood. Through the courtesy of the German authorities the 



