ioo TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



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

 continually foftered by a long fucceffion of wife, brave, and 

 well-informed princes. 



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

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

 spect and attention for his uncle Henry. To encourage 

 him ft ill further, he conferred upon him for life the fove- 

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

 mould make on the coaft of Africa ; and the fpiritual juris- 

 diction of the ifLand 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 fmall 

 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 built by the Portuguefe, called Arguim. I would not> 

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

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

 from the black nations, far to the Southward, to purchafe fait 

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

 fight of gold, better than any argument, Served to calm the 

 fears, and overcome the Scruples, of thofe who hitherto had 

 been adversaries to tliefe difcoveries. 



In the year 1445, Denis Fernandes firfl difcovered the 

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

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

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

 nation, the chief market for the gum-arabic. Pafling this 

 jdver he difcovered Cape Verde; and, to his inexpreflible 



Satisfaction^ 



