A General History And Collection of Voyages And Travels — volume 02
A General History And Collection of Voyages And Travels — volume 02
Kerr Robert
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Univ. Hist. VI. 111. [4] According to the authors of the Modern Universal History. B. VIII. Ch. I. Sect. 3. Uzun-Hassan had seven sons: Ogurlu Mohammed, Khahil Mirza, Maksud beg, Jakub beg, Masih beg, Yusuf beg, and Zegnel. Contarini strangely corrupts almost every name that occurs. Uzun-Hassan, he makes Unsuncassan; Ogurlu Mohammed, Gurlu mamech; Kalil mirza, Sultan chali; Yakub beg, Lacubei; Maksud beg, or Masih beg, Masubech; and omits three of the seven. --E. [5] Uzun-Hassan is said to have... been defeated in battle by the Turks, in 1471, near Arzenjan. --Mod. Univ. Hist. VI. 113. CHAPTER III. VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY BY THE PORTUGUESE ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA, DURING THE LIFE, AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DON HENRY. [1] INTRODUCTION. The knowledge possessed by the ancients respecting India, will be thesubject of discussion in a future portion of this work. We have now tocontemplate the tedious, yet finally successful efforts of the Portuguesenation, in its age of energetic heroism, to discover a maritime passageto that long famed commercial region, some general knowledge of which hadbeen preserved ever since the days of the Persian, Macedonian, and Romanempires.
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