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A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499

Note 378 — APPENDIX B.

Ernest Georg Ravenstein translation

These “anchors”, according to Varthema (p. 153), consist of a block of marble, which has two ropes attached to it. On the African coast a box fitted with stones is used for the same purpose.

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