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

Note 59 — GOMES EANNES DE AZURARA;

C. Raymond (Charles Raymond) Beazley translation

Herod. ii, 158-9; iv, 42. These mariners took three years on their voyage: landed, sowed crops, and lived on the harvest during seasons unfavourable to navigation (especially autumn); during part of their journey they were astonished to find the sun on their right hand.

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