CO U NC IL T HE HAK L U Y T S O C I ET Y - 1 9 4 I S IR WILLIA FO ER P r t M S C . I. E esiden T , THE RI ON E I F BE E K G P G H . THE RL B L W N O W L C HT A A D D Y, . , . ., ADMIRAL S IR WILLI M GO O ENOUG G C B i e-P e . V c r siden t A D H, MES A WILLI M N LI Vi e-P re den t SO ES . c si JA . A , Q . , D T , THE A MIR L LIB R C RR L UG ON ES . R L . G D A TY A Y ( . A A HT , Q ) N . L B KER ES B LITr J . A , Q . PROF IR GEO FF E C LLEN ER P S A S R . Y A D , O B . E PROF FR NK EBEN M M A . A D HA , . , . T H S HE GUIL LL LIBRAR . L B OU W I E E . DHA Y (J . T A T , Q ) H R O . PROF . VINCEN T . L W LI T A , D TT F S H KS ES . R . A R . IN . , Q , M CO M LE E F A S . L L S S . A TT , Q , . PROF . A . P . NEW ON . LI . T , D T N M PENZER M .A . , ESQ . P F E G R PRES GE LI T RO . D A TA , D T ’ L EMPIRE S O IE S LIBR R EV NS LEWEN E RO C S . YA TY A Y ( A , Q ) S EPP R ES . S . T . H A D , Q B M G PERC KES C . C . S IR S . Y Y , , R D P OF E G R T LO . so R . AY , A WILSO ES N . R . , Q E W HE WO O ES M A Treasur R . er D A D A D, Q E L M ES Hon W R N . S ecretar B t D A D Y A , Q y ( ri ish um W C . Mu se , . ) THE PRES IDENT T HE TREASURER WILLI M LU LE SCL ER ES A T Y AT , Q . EURO PEANS IN W EST AFRICA 1 0 — 1 6 0 , 4 5 5 Documents to illustrate the nature and scope of P ortu uese enter rise in West A rica tlze abortive g p f , attem t o Castilians to create an em ire tlzere and p f p , " tlze early Englis/z voyages to Baroary and Guinea Translated and edited by HN WILLIAM BLAKE A M . JO , . VOLUME I n mo Tm af LO ND O N PRI NT ED FO R T HE HAKL U YT SO CI ET Y 1 9 4 2 PRINTED IN GR EAT B R ITAIN B Y ROB ERT MACLEHOSE AND CO . LTD E U NIVE S ITY PR ESS G AS G W TH R , L O MY WI FE PR EFACE HE o ec of this work as main bj t is to present , far as kn own a of con records permit , contemporary picture dition s on the West African coast between Arguim and the equator during the first century of the Portu gu ese occupa on S of e er- no n k ti . ome the b tt k w contemporary wor s , written n an a e about this subject , have already bee tr sl t d and edited for H k I Th e k the a luyt Society. writers whose wor s have thus been e of published , however, were concerned to t ll the story the dis covery and settlement of Guinea by Prince Henry the Navi gator and his successors only up to the beginning of the reign of K M ing anuel , and only to describe what had been achieved by P u M a er the ortug ese . oreover, even those who wrote ft the event , ofio a ro such as the competent historian J de B r s , saw the opening up of West Africa primarily as the prologue to the discovery of ea-r u I s o e . A a e the t to ndia ccordingly, ft r outlining the progress of discovery along the West African coast down to the Cape of " Good Hope , they th en concentrated their attention upon the exploits of Portuguese soldiers and administrators in India and E the ast and devoted little additional time or Space to Guinea . It h as resulted that contem porary accounts of the changing t W A for fi si uation in est frica , while fairly numerous the fteenth 8 are ffi c u a er 1 0 . century, di ult to obtain for the half cent ry ft 5 I of ndeed , no comprehensive description the coast seems to 1 0 a en im ern an es have been produced between 5 7 , when V l t F d Collection o netos 2 and of C compiled his f , the appearance aptain G e E . de Az urara Th e chronicle o the discov er and con ues t o uinea om s , f y q s d. B z e H . I n d C R ea e an d E . Pr a a e e k u S e ser v . xc v a c ( l y st g ; l yt oci ty, , ols ; 1 8 6 an d Th e v o a s o o h 9 y ge f Cadam os t and ot er docum en ts (ed. G . R . H k u I Cron e a S e s er. I v ol. L Duarte Pa h e Pere ra ; l yt oci ty, , xxx ; c co i , Esm eralda de u or ed . G H. K m e H k u v . sit bis . T a S e ser. II ol ( i bl ; l yt oci ty, , LXXIX ; 1 937) 2 ‘ ’ Valen tim e rn an des A e a Collection of n ew c . r n ed in F l m , s [ p i t v ar u co llec tion s an d a Sch m lle in Ab l er um m r ed . A. e r hand un en d io s , s is by J g h iloso his ch hilolo . Klasse der Kdni li hen B a Akad e v p p p g g c yerischen emi , b d. I , 1 — pp . 4 7 (Mun ich ; X P R EF ACE ' ’ ’ n A dre A . d Alm ada s Tratado brev e dos rios de Guiné de Cabo Verde a ro m a e in 1 SO ere is a ser o s a in pp xi t ly 594 . th very i u g p th e records of Portuguese en terprise in Guin ea durin g th e six teen th cen ur t y . ecau se n o s c oo was r en or at eas ecau se n one B u h b k w itt , l t b h as su r e n ot to b e u osed o e er t a th e or u viv d , it is s pp , h w v , h t P t guese either lost in terest or gave u p their trade an d aban doned e r or s an d ac or es in n ea On h e con rar th e re n of . t th i f t f t i Gui t y , ig Kin g Man u el an d th e firs t half of th e reign of Kin g John III form a chapter of prim ary im portan ce in th e history of th e West r can em re of o u a Th e oc m en s r n ed in s Af i pi P rt g l . d u t p i t thi volum e are in ten ded to afford som e eviden ce of th e gen eral S a on in We r r d itu ti st Africa du in g this stran gely n eglected pe io . ose in th e r sec on is o e en a e th e rea er to Th fi st ti will , it h p d , bl d gain s om e idea of th e n ature an d scope of Portuguese en terprise in Wes r ca t Af i . u r erm ore scarce an con em orar reco s a e et F th , ly y t p y rd h v y een ran a e n o En s ear n u on a rem ar a e b t sl t d i t gli h , b i g p th t k bl s eries of Castilian voyages to West Africa which were un der a en du r h e ears r m 1 to 1 0 a er o r n c n t o . 8 t k i g y f 454 4 , p i d du i g whi h th e Span iards were serious com petitors with th e Portu gu ese in th e race f o n u m s as ec of th e sco er of or c lo ial s pre acy .