VASCO DA GAMA. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



PORTUGUESE NAVIGATION UNDER EMMANUEL POPULAR PREJUDICES THE LU- 



SIAD OF CAMOENS VASCO DA GAMA MAPS OP AFRICA OF THE PERIOD 



PREPARATIONS FOR AN INDIAN VOYAGE — RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES THE DE- 

 PARTURE RENDEZVOUS AT THE CAPE VERDS LANDING UPON THE COAST 



THE NATIVES AN INVITATION TO DINNER, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES — A STORM 



MUTINY THE SPECTRE OF THE CAPE. 



In the year 1495, John II. of Portugal was succeeded by his 

 cousin, Emmanuel, into whose mind he had a short time before 

 his death instilled a portion of his ow T n zeal for maritime dis- 



wealth and marvellous productions, and thus substituting for the 



tedious land-route a more expeditious track by sea. Upon his 

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