PORTO SANTO. 



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ing a history of the settlement of the South- 

 American colonies, and Columbus's first 

 discovery of the Continent, which is very in- 

 teresting. 



7th. — Running by Porto Santo, a craggy 

 picturesque little island, forty miles north of 

 Madeira. It has a few fishermen's huts ; and 

 one solitary date-tree is all it boasts of wood. 



Porto Santo is said to have been discovered 

 by John Gonzales Zarco, and Tristan Vaz, two 

 gentlemen of the household of Henry, Duke de 

 Viseo, a nephew of Henry IV. of England. 

 These two mariners were instructed to double 

 Cape Bojador, and thence to steer southwards. 

 A storm drove their vessels to the west, and 

 when they expected every moment to perish, 

 they were thrown on an unknown island, which, 

 from their happy escape, they named Porto 

 Santo. 



