Category: Poetry
PAGE Subject proposed 1, 2 Invocation to the Muses of the Tagus 3 Address to Don Sebastian 3, 4 Assembly of the gods and goddesses 8 The fleet enters the Indian Ocean 13 Discovers islands there 13 Description of the natives 14 Intercourse with the ships 15, 16 The governor vis...
the future; his hunting and fishing give him a certain subsistence. He sleeps sound, and knows not the diseases of cities. He cannot want what he does not desire, nor desire tha...
19. BOOK IX.The liberation of Gama's factors is effected by a great victory over the Moorish fleet, and by the bombardment of Calicut. Gama returns in consequence to his ships, and weighs a...
20. BOOK X.In the opening of this, the last canto, the poet resumes the allegory of the Isle of Joy, or of Venus: the fair nymphs conduct their lovers to their radiant palaces, where delic...
13. BOOK III.Gama, in reply to the King of Melinda, describes the various countries of Europe; narrates the rise of the Portuguese nation. History of Portugal. Battle of Guimaraens. Egas off...
15. BOOK V.Departure of the expedition under the command of VASCO DE GAMA (A.D. 1497). Mountains of Portugal, Cintra, Morocco. Madeira; the burning shores of the Desert of Zanhagan; passag...
12. BOOK II.Arrival of the expedition at Mombas. Bacchus plots their destruction by new artifices. They are deceived into the belief that the natives are, like themselves, Christians: Bacch...
14. BOOK IV.Beatrice, daughter of Fernando, not acknowledged by the Portuguese, the throne is occupied by Don John, a natural brother of Fernando. A Spanish prince having married Beatrice,...
11. BOOK I.Statement of the subject. Invocation to the muses of the Tagus. Herald calls an assembly of the gods. Jupiter foretells the future conquests of the Portuguese. Bacchus, apprehen...
16. BOOK VI.Gama's long recital being concluded, the poet resumes the thread of his story in his own person. The Portuguese admiral enters into an alliance with the King of Melinda, assures...
17. BOOK VII.The poet, having expatiated on the glorious achievements of the Portuguese, describes the Germans, English, French, and Italians, reproaching them for their profane wars and lux...
18. BOOK VIII.Description of the pictures, given by Paulus. The heroes of Portugal, from Lusus, one of the companions of Bacchus (who gave his name to Portugal), and Ulysses, the founder of L...
9. BOOK IX.The king visits the house of the kotwâl 252 Addresses Gama, detained as a prisoner there 252 On what conditions he may be allowed to return to his fleet 253 Gama's indignant rep...
10. BOOK X.Happiness of the heroes and nymphs 299 The poet apostrophizes his muse and bewails his own fate 301, 302 The siren's prophetic song 302 She pauses to reflect on the ill-requited...
3. BOOK III.Invocation to Calliope 60 Gama commences his story 61 Geographical description of Europe 62 Ancient history of Portugal commences 66 Fidelity of Egas Moniz 70, 71 Battle of Ouri...
2. BOOK II.Treacherous invitation from the King of Mombas for the fleet to enter the harbour 31 Messengers sent on shore by Gama to look at the town 32, 33 Venus and the Nereids save the f...
6. BOOK VI.Hospitality of the King of Melinda 164 Gama takes his leave 166 Bacchus descends to Neptune's abode 166 Description thereof 167 The sea-gods assembled by Neptune. Bacchus' addre...
4. BOOK IV.State of Portugal on the death of Ferdinand 103 King John succeeds to the throne 103 Character of Queen Leonora 104 Castitlians assemble in aid of Beatrice, daughter of Leonora...
5. BOOK V.Departure of the fleet from Lisbon 133 Madeira, Coast of Morocco, the Azenegues 134 The river Senegal, Cape Verde, San Jago, Jalofo, Mandinga 135 Dorcades, Sierra Leone, Cape Pa...
7. BOOK VII.The Portuguese exhorted to the warfare of the cross, other nations being reproved 193-197 India described 198 The fleet anchors, and a message is sent on shore 198 Meeting with...
1. BOOK I.PAGE Subject proposed 1, 2 Invocation to the Muses of the Tagus 3 Address to Don Sebastian 3, 4 Assembly of the gods and goddesses 8 The fleet enters the Indian Ocean 13 Discove...
8. BOOK VIII.Description of the pictures 222 Bacchus appears as Mohammed, to a priest in a dream 238 The king consults with the magi and the soothsayers 240 The priest consults his friends 2...