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

Note 329 — APPENDIX B.

Ernest Georg Ravenstein translation

Peutinger adds that the cantar is equal to 250 pounds, when in fact it is only a hundredweight. Five cantars were equal to 1 bahar = 208 kilo = 460 pounds.

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