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 northerly latitude.And it is said that they found the captaine Luis de la Guerra:

and they together tooke land in the Isle of Codego, where they tooke sixe hundred persons of the Sauages: And going farther along the coast they entred into the Gulfe of Vraba, where they found sand mingled with gold, being the first that was brought to the king Don Ferdinando: from thence they returned to the citie of Santo Domingo laden with slaues without victuailes, because they of the countrey would not bargaine with them, which grew to their great trouble and griefe.

In the later end of this yeere died Ladie Isabella Queene of Castile: Which Queene while she liued would not suffer any man of Arragon, Catalunia, Valencia, nor any borne in the countrey of Don Fernando her husband to enter into these discoueries, saue those which were their seruants, or by speciall commandement, but only the Castillians, Biscaines, and those which were of her owne Signiories, by whom all the lands aforesaid were discouered.

In the yeere 1505. vpon our Lady day in March Francisco Almedia Viceroy of India tooke his course with 22. sailes towards India as now is accustomed.

He came vnto the citie of Quiloa, where he built a fort, appointing one Peter Fereira to be captaine thereof;

and beyond Melinde he trauersed to the Island of Angediua, where he placed as captaine one Emmanuell Passauia.

In Cananor also he built another fort, giuing the captainship of it to Laurence de Brito. In Cochin he did the like, where Don Alfonso de Noronia was made captaine.

This yeere one Peter de Anhaya did build the fortresse of Sofala, whereof also himselfe was made captaine.

In the later end of this yeere the Viceroy commanded his sonne, whose name was Don Laurenço to make some entrie vpon the Islands of Maldiua, and with contrarie weather he arriued at the Islands, which of ancient time were called Traganæ, but the Moores called them Ytterubenero, and we call them Ceilan: where he went on land, and made peace with the people there; and afterward came backe vnto Cochin, sailing along the coast and fully discouering it. In the middest of this