The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Vol. I

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WORKS ISSUED BY
The Hakluyt Society.
THE CHRONICLE
OF
THE DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST
OF GUINEA.
VOL. I.
No. XCV.
THE CHRONICLE
OF THE
DISCOVERY
AND

CONQUEST OF GUINEA.
WRITTEN BY
GOMES EANNES DE AZURARA;
NOW FIRST DONE INTO ENGLISH
BY
CHARLES RAYMOND BEAZLEY, M.A., F.R.G.S.,
fellow of merton college, oxford; corresponding member
of the lisbon geographical society;
and
EDGAR PRESTAGE, B.A.Oxon.,
knight of the most noble portuguese order of s. thiago;
corresponding
member of the lisbon royal academy of sciences,
the lisbon geographical society, etc.
VOL. I.
(CHAPTERS I-XL).
With an Introduction on the Life and Writings of the
Chronicler.
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