A

GENERAL

HISTORY AND COLLECTION

OF

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,

ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER:

FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS

OF NAVIGATION, DISCOVERY, AND COMMERCE,

BY SEA AND LAND,

FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY

ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.

ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS.

VOL. VI.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH:

AND T. CADELL, LONDON.

MDCCCXXIV.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI.

PART II.--(Continued.)

BOOK II.--(Continued.)

HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, AND OF SOME OF THE EARLY CONQUESTS IN THE NEW WORLD.

CHAPTER XI.

Early English voyages of discovery to America. Introduction.

SECTION I. Discovery of Newfoundland by John and Sebastian Cabot in 1497, in the service of Henry VII. of England.

SECTION II. Discourse by Galeacius Butrigarius, Papal Legate in Spain, respecting the Discoveries in America, by Sebastian Cabot.

SECTION III. Notice concerning Sebastian Cabot by Ramusio, in the Preface to the third Volume of his Navigations.

SECTION IV. Notice respecting the voyage of Sebastian Cabot to the north-west, from Peter Martyr ab Angleria.

SECTION V. Testimony of Francisco Lopez de Gomara, concerning the discoveries of Sebastian Cabota.

SECTION VI. Note respecting the discoveries of Sebastian Cabot; from the latter part of Fabians Chronicle.

SECTION VII. Brief notice of the discovery of Newfoundland, by Mr Robert Thorne.

SECTION VIII. Grant by Edward VI. of a Pension and the Office of Grand Pilot of England to Sebastian Cabot.

SECTION IX. Voyage of Sir Thomas Pert and Sebastian Cabot about the year 1516, to Brazil, St Domingo, and Porto Rico.

SECTION X. Brief note of a voyage by Thomas Tison to the West Indies, before the year 1526.

CHAPTER XII.

The Voyages of Jacques Cartier from St Maloes to Newfoundland and Canada, in the years 1534 and 1535.

Introduction.

SECTION I. The first voyage of Jacques Cartier to Newfoundland and Canada, in 1534.

SECTION II. The second voyage of Jacques Cartier, to Canada, Hochelega, Saguenay, and other lands now called New France; with the Manners and Customs of the Natives.

SECTION III. Wintering of Jacques Cartier in Canada in 1536, and return to France in 1537.

BOOK III.

CONTINUATION OF THE DISCOVERIES AND CONQUESTS OF THE PORTUGUESE IN THE EAST; TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY VOYAGES OF OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS TO INDIA.

CHAPTER I.

Discoveries, Navigations, and Conquests of the Portuguese in India, from 1505 to 1539, both inclusive, resumed from Book I. of this Part.

SECTION I. Course of the Indian Trade before the Discovery of the Route by the Cape of Good Hope, with some account of the settlement of the Arabs on the East Coast of Africa.

SECTION II. Voyage of Don Francisco de Almeyda from Lisbon to India, in quality of Viceroy, with an account of some of his transactions on the Eastern coast of Africa and Malabar.

SECTION III. Some Account of the state of India at the beginning of the sixteenth Century, and commencement of the Portuguese Conquests.

SECTION IV. Continuation of the Portuguese Transactions in India, during the Viceroyalty of Almeyda.

SECTION V. Transactions of the Portuguese in India under the Government of Don Alfonso de Albuquerque, from the end of 1509, to the year 1515.

SECTION VI. Portuguese Transactions in India, under several governors, from the close of 1515, to the year 1526.

SECTION VII. Continuation of the Portuguese Transactions in India; from 1526 to 1538.

CHAPTER II.

Particular Relation of the Expedition of Solyman Pacha from Suez to India against the Portuguese at Diu, written by a Venetian Officer who was pressed into the Turkish Service on that occasion. Introduction.

SECTION I. The Venetian Merchants and Mariners at Alexandria are pressed into the Turkish service, and sent to Suez. Description of that place. Two thousand men desert from the Gallies. Tor. Island of Soridan Port of Kor.

SECTION II. Arrival at Jiddah, the Port of Mecca. The islands of Alfas, Kamaran, and Tuiche. The Straits of Bab-al-Mandub.

SECTION III. Arrival at Aden, where the Sheikh and four others are hanged. Sequel of the Voyage to Diu.

CHAPTER III.

SECTION IV. The Castle of Diu is besieged by the Moors. The Turks plunder the City, and the Indian Generals withdraw in resentment. The Pacha lands. A man 300 years old. Women burn themselves. The Fleet removes.

SECTION V. A Bulwark Surrenders to the Turks, who make Galley-slaves of the Portuguese Garrison; with several other incidents of the siege.

SECTION VI. Farther particulars of the siege, to the retreat of the Turks, and the commencement of their Voyage back to Suez.

SECTION VII. Continuation of the Voyage back to Suez, from the Portuguese factory at Aser, to Khamaran and Kubit Sharif.

SECTION VIII. Transactions of the Pacha at Zabid, and continuation of the Voyage from Kubit Sarif.

SECTION IX. Continuation of the Voyage to Suez, along the Arabian Shore of the Red Sea.

SECTION X. Conclusion of the Voyage to Suez, and return of the Venetians to Cairo.

CHAPTER III.

The Voyage of Don Stefano de Gama from Goa to Suez, in 1540, with the intention of Burning the Turkish Gallies at that port. Written by Don Juan de Castro, then a Captain in the Fleet; afterwards governor-general of Portuguese India.

Introduction.

SECTION I. Portuguese Transactions in India, from the Siege of Diu by the Turks, to the Expedition of Don Stefano de Gama to Suez.

SECTION II. Journal of the Voyage from Goa to the Straits of Bab-el-Mandub.

SECTION III. Continuation of the Voyage, from the Straits of Bab-el-Mandub to Massua.

SECTION IV. Digression respecting the History, Customs, and State of Abyssinia.

SECTION V. Continuation of the Journal of De Castro from Massua to Swakem.

SECTION VI. Continuation of the Voyage from Swakem to Comol.

SECTION VII. Continuation of the Voyage from the Harbour of Comol to Toro or Al Tor.

SECTION VIII.