BOOK I. 
DISCOVERIES AND TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR 
OF AFRICA* 
CHAPTER L 
DISCOVERIES OF THE PORTUGUESE, AND TRAVELS 
IN CONGO. 
Early Voyages along the Western Coast.— Pr ester John.— 
Establishment at Arguin. — Expedition to the Senegal. — 
Early Accounts of Tombuctoo and Jenne. — Discovery of, 
and Voyage up the Congo, by Diego Cam. — Conversion of 
the Monarch to Christianity. — Missions to the Upper Part 
of the Congo. — Batta — Pango. — Sundi. — Esseno. — Conco- 
bella. — Mission to Matamba ; Zingha. — To Maopongo. — 
Voyage of Carli. — Of Merolla. — Of Battel. — De Grand- 
pre 9 s Account of the present State of Congo. — Descriptions, 
by various Authors, of the Origin and Course of the Congo. 
The spirit of discovery, and of maritime enter- 
prise, which had lain dormant in Europe during 
the long series of the middle ages, burst forth, in 
the fifteenth century, with an energy almost un- 
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