100 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



of heroifm to which it foon after arrived, their fpirit being 

 continually foftered by a long fuGceffion of wife, bravej and 

 well-informed princes^ 



Edward, the reigning prince, difdained to give any an- 

 fwer to fuch objedlions, otherwife than by doubling his re- 

 fpe6t and attention for liis uncle Henry. To encourage 

 him ftill further, he conferred upon him for life the fove* 

 reignty of Madeira, Port Santo, and all the difcoveries he 

 fliould make on the coaft of Africa; and the fpiritual jurif- 

 di(5tion of the illand of Madeira, upon his new Order of Chrift, 

 for ever. 



These voyages of difcovery were conftantly perfevered in^ 

 Nugno Triftan doubled Cape Blanco, and came to a fmali 

 river, which, from their finding gold in the hands of the na^ 

 tives, was afterwards called Rio del Oro ; and here a fort was af- 

 terwards bulk by the Portuguefe, called Arguim. I would not, 

 however, have it fuppofed, that gold is the produce of any 

 place in the latitude of Cape Blanco. It was brought here 

 from the black nations, far to the fouthward, to purchafe fair 

 from the mines which are in this defert near the Cape. The 

 fight of gold, better than any argument, ferved to calm the- 

 fears, and overcome the fcruples, of iliofe who hitlierto had- 

 been adverfai-ies to tliefe difcoveries.. 



In the year 1445, Denis Fernandes firft difcovered the 

 great river Senega, the northern banks of which are inha- 

 bited by Afenagi Moors, whofc colour is tawny, while the 

 fouthern, or oppofite banks, belong to the JaloiFes, or Negro 

 Bation, the chief market for the gum-arabic. Faffing this 

 liver he difcovered Cape Verde ; and, to his inexprcffible. 



fa.tisfadion^^ 



