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ships, as far as I have been able to ascertain, are as 

 follows : — 



D. Francisco de Almeida, captain-major [in the Bom 

 Jesus* % ] ; 



Vasco Gomes de Abreu,f in the Sao Gabriel ; 

 Joao da Nova, J in the Flor de la mar§ ; 

 Pero Ferreira Fogaga,|] in the Bella- ; 

 Ruy Freire^f [in the Sao Jeronimo** ? ] ; 

 Fernao Soares,f| in the Sao Rafael ; 

 Bastiao de Sousa,Jf in the Concepgdo ; 



* So says Fig. Falcao (the Rel. das Ndos has " Jesus "), who adds 

 that she returned to Portugal on 1 June 1508. But, as I have 

 already shown, Fig. Falcao 's earlier lists are very incorrect, and his 

 dates are quite unreliable. Moreover, I can find no mention by the 

 historians of such a ship ; while, on the other hand, Barros (I. ix. iv.) 

 states that the viceroy's ship was the S. Jeronimo. It is probable, 

 therefore, that there was no Bom Jesus in the fleet, or that this was 

 the name first given to the S. Jeronimo. 



f Cast, says that this man was to cruise as captain-major between 

 Cape Goardafum and Cambaya ; Cor. says as captain-major at Cape 

 Guardafuy. See below regarding him. 



$ Commander of the third voyage to India in 1501 (see A 8, infra). 

 Afterwards notorious as one of Albuquerque's bitterest enemies (see 

 Com. of Af. Dalb. and Morse Stephens's Albuquerque, passim). Cast, 

 says that he was to cruise as captain-major from Cambaya to Cape 

 Comorim ; Cor. says from Cape Comorim to the Maldives, and, by a 

 secret alvard, if he wished, he was to remain as captain-major on the 

 coast of India (see infra). 



§ The famous ship afterwards used by Albuquerque, and lost, with 

 all the rich loot on board, on the return voyage from Malacca in 1512 

 (see Com, of Af. Dalb.). 



|| This man was going as captain of the fortress that was to be built 

 at Quiloa (see below). 



^[ I cannot find why this man was given the command of what was, 

 apparently, the admiral of the fleet. 



** This ship, the S. Rafael, and the Lionarda were owned by Germans, 

 and two, at least, had German factors on board (see p. 292, note §). 



f f This man was a commendador of the order of Avis, and, as we shall 

 see further on, has been confused by the historians with another com- 

 mendador, Buy Soares. 



XX Son of Ruy d'Abreu, alcaide mor of Elvas. Twenty years later 

 we read of him as still commanding a ship. 



