[1] It Afterwards Appears That One Vessel Only Was Destined For This Particular Trade:

Perhaps the second was meant for Quiloa.

- E.

[2] According to Astley, I. 49. the crews of these four vessels consisted in all of 400 men. - E.

[3] Called de Atayde by Astley. - E.

[4] According to Astley, I. 49. Nueva discovered in this outward voyage the Island of Conception, in lat. 8 deg. S. But this circumstance does not occur in Castaneda. - E.

[5] Before arriving at Melinda, Nueva gave chase to two large ships belonging to the Moors, one of which he took and burnt, but the other escaped. - Astl. I. 49.

[6] According to De Faria, Nueva took in a part of his loading; at Cochin, with a view perhaps to preserve the credit of the Portuguese nation at that place. - Astl. I. 50. a.

[7] In the original this linen cloth is said to have been made of _algadon_, a word left untranslated by Lichefild, probably _al-cotton_, or some such Arabic word for cotton: The linen cloth, therefore, was some kind of calico or muslin. - E.

[8] According to De Faria, five great ships and nine paraws were sunk in this action. De Barros says ten merchant ships and nine paraws. - Astl. I. 50. c.

[9] On this part of the voyage, Astley remarks, on the authority of De Faria, that Nueva touched at the island of St Helena, which he found destitute of inhabitants; though it was found peopled by De Gama in his first voyage, only four years before.

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