Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . have been condemned as thedreams of a visionary. The sight of the precious metal placedthe discoveries and enterprises of Don Henry beyond the reachof detraction or prejudice. Numerous expeditions were suc-cessively fitted out:—that of Nuno Tristan, in 1443, who dis-covered the Arguin Islands, thirty miles to the southeast ofCape Blanco; that of Juan Diaz and others in 1444; that ofGonzalez da Cintra in 1445, who, with seven others, was killedfifty miles south of
Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . have been condemned as thedreams of a visionary. The sight of the precious metal placedthe discoveries and enterprises of Don Henry beyond the reachof detraction or prejudice. Numerous expeditions were suc-cessively fitted out:—that of Nuno Tristan, in 1443, who dis-covered the Arguin Islands, thirty miles to the southeast ofCape Blanco; that of Juan Diaz and others in 1444; that ofGonzalez da Cintra in 1445, who, with seven others, was killedfifty miles south of the Rio del Ouro,—this being the first lossof life on the part of the Portuguese since they had undertakentheir explorations. In 1446, a gentleman of Lisbon, by thename of Fernandez, determined to proceed farther to the south-ward than any other navigator, and accordingly fitted out avessel under the patronage of the prince. Passing the SenegalRiver, he stood boldly on till he reached the most western pro-montory of Africa, to which, from the number of green palmswhich he found there, he gave the name of Cape Verd. Being. CAPE VERD. alarmed by the breakers with which this shore is lined, he returnedto Portugal with the gratifying news of his discovery. In 1447,Nuno Tristan sailed one hundred and eighty miles beyond CapeVerd, and reached the mouth of a river, which he called the Rio 122 MAN UPON THE SEA. Grande, now the Gambia. He was attacked by the natives withvolleys of poisoned arrows, of the effects of which all his crew andofficers died but four; and the ship was at last brought home bythese four survivors, after wandering two months upon the At-lantic. The next expedition, under Alvaro Fernando, carriedout an antidote against the poisoned shafts of the enemy, whichsuccessfully combated the venom, as all who were wounded re-covered. The Azores, or Azores, were now discovered, about nine hun-dred miles to the west of Portugal; but some doubts exist bothas to the discov
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