298 Note on Portions of the Cross or Memorial Pillar [1898. 



A description and explanation with figures by Lucian Cordeiro 

 was given in a Memoir published by the Geographical Society of 

 Lisbon. 



The pillar was sent to the Museum by the Governor-General of 

 Angola, Guilherme Capello in 1892, and was replaced by another 

 commemorative pillar. 



2. Pillar of Cape Negro erected at the Cape thus named at 15° 40' 

 30" S. Lat. and 21° 2' E. Long, (of Lisbon) to the south of Mos- 

 samedes. 



This was the third of Diogo Cao, and the first of his second voyage 

 of discovery (1485). The shield and the inscription thereon which 

 occupied the faces of the terminal squared portion of the pillar are 

 altogether obliterated. Full descriptions and explanations will be 

 found in the above-quoted Memoir. This pillar was sent to Lisbon 

 at the same time as the former one. 



3. Pillar of St. George erected on the point at the southern side of 

 the mouth of the Congo, which was named Point Padrao — a name 

 which has been changed in modern English charts to Shark's Point. 

 This was the first pillar erected by Diogo Cao during his first voyage 

 (1482). 



According to the local tradition, it was destroyed by the bullets of 

 an English ship which used it as a target. Several fragments were 

 collected by a ship's company, but were lost as the vessel sunk. 

 Other fragments were taken away by the natives, and were carefully 

 guarded by them as the talisman of the white man. In 1859 the 

 Portuguese Government had another pillar erected on the same spot 

 by a man-of-war. This pillar again disappeared in 1864, in conse- 

 quence, according to the official tradition, of a very high tide. When 

 in 1892 the Governor of Angola had a new pillar put up, the frag- 

 ments in the possession of the natives were recovered, and these, two 

 in number, are now to be found in the Museum, having been sent 

 by the order of the Governor-General Guilherme Capello and his 

 successor. 



4. Pillar of Sao Thiago erected on Point Pedestal, Angra dos Ilheus 

 (according to old Portuguese maps) in 26° 38' S. Lat. and 24° 11 ; 

 E. Long, of Lisbon according to Castilho. It may here be remarked 

 that Angra dos Ilheus is nowadays identified with Angra Pequena, 

 but that again this last name was also applied to another bay further 

 north— Spencer Bay of the English charts. 



The name " Angra " is very common on the coast between Cabo 

 da Serra (i.e., Cape Cross) and the Orange Eiver. 



On leaving Walfisch Bay one finds Angra dos Iltheu, Angra dos 



