Note 524 — Chapter VI · THE FINDING OF STRANGE COASTS.
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Footnote 524: This story rests upon the explicit statement of a contemporary Portuguese historian of high authority, Garcia de Resende, Chronica del Rey Dom João II., Lisbon, 1622, cap. clxiv. (written about 1516); see also Vasconcellos, Vida del Rey Don Juan II., Madrid, 1639, lib. vi.[Back to Main Text]