9 8 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER, 



yond it. Whether, the fiery oceans might not. have prefcnted; 

 themfclv.es to thefe gentlemen, I know- not ; but a violent 

 florm forced them to fea. After being toffed about in perpe- 

 tual fear of fhipvvreck for feveral days, they at laft landed on, 

 a fmall ifland, which they called Port Santo. Thefe two navi- 

 gators poflefled the true fpirit of difcovcry* Far from, giving 

 themfelves up for loll in a new world, or content with what 

 they had already done, they fet about making the moil di- 

 ligent obfervation of every thing remarkable in this fmall 

 fpot. The ifland itfelf was barren ; but, examining the ho- 

 rizon all around, they obferved a black fixed fpot there, 

 which never either changed its place or dimenfions. Satis- 

 fied, therefore, that this was land,' they returned to the In-, 

 fant with the news of this double difcovery. .> 



Three veilels were fpeedily equipped by the prince; two 

 ©f them given to Vaz and Arco, and the third to Bartholo- 

 mew Pereftrello, gentleman of the bed-,ch.amber to Don John 

 his brother. Thefe adventurers were far from disappoint- - 

 ing his expectations ; they arrived at Port Santo, and pro- 

 ceeded to the fixed fpot, which they found to be the ifland 

 of Madeira, wholly covered with wood ; an ifland that has 

 ever fince been of the greatefl ufe to the trade of both In- 

 dies, and which has remained to the crown of Portugal, 

 after the greatefl part of their other 'conqnefts in the eaft 

 are loft. John I. was now dead, and Edward had fucceeded 

 him.. The infant Henry, however, Hill .continued the pur- 

 fuit of his difcoveries with the greatefl: ardour. 



Giles D'Anez, ftimulated by the fuccefs of the laft ad- 

 ventures, put to fea with a refolution to double Cape Boja- 

 dor clofe. in fhore, fo as to make his voyage a. foundation 



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