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

Note 54 — GOMES EANNES DE AZURARA;

C. Raymond (Charles Raymond) Beazley translation

According to King John's orders. Wooden crosses (often of Madeira wood?) had hitherto been erected by Portuguese discoverers in new lands. Now stone pillars 6 ft. high were to be used, and on them was to be inscribed, in Portuguese and Latin, the date, with the name of the reigning monarch, and those of the discoverers.

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