. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Inscriptions /V/7 !>// Early \<iri'j<itrN. " Bra da creacao do mundo de bjMbjclxxxb e de X (to) de llllclxxxb o. eycelent(e) esclarecido Kei dom J s°. de portugal mandou descobrir esta terra e poer este padram por d(°c.) ao cav". de sua ; Tbe translation into English would be— " In the year of the creation of the world, 6684, by the excellent and enlightened King Dom John the Second of Portugal, was. Fm. 1. ordered the discovery of this land, and the erection of this
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Inscriptions /V/7 !>// Early \<iri'j<itrN. " Bra da creacao do mundo de bjMbjclxxxb e de X (to) de llllclxxxb o. eycelent(e) esclarecido Kei dom J s°. de portugal mandou descobrir esta terra e poer este padram por d(°c.) ao cav". de sua ; Tbe translation into English would be— " In the year of the creation of the world, 6684, by the excellent and enlightened King Dom John the Second of Portugal, was. Fm. 1. ordered the discovery of this land, and the erection of this pillar by Diogo Cao, a knight of his house(hold)." [Por Diogo Cao had been made a knight in 1484 as a result of his first voyage, which led to the discovery of the Eiver Zaire, now usually termed Congo.] By order of the Emperor of Germany this pillar was removed to Germany, and a replica of the same erected where the original stood. Through the courtesy of the German authorities the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
Size: 939px × 2661px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorsouthafricanmuseum, bookcol, booksubjectnaturalhistory
