Note 71 — GOMES EANNES DE AZURARA;
C. Raymond (Charles Raymond) Beazley translation
Herodotus, iv, 43. Similar excuses were given, e.g. (1) by Pytheas in the North Sea; (2) by Arab and Christian mediæval voyagers off Cape Non and Cape Bojador; (3) by Arabs off Cape Corrientes (on the E. Coast of Africa).