Portuguese Portraits
Portuguese Portraits
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It re- quired some courage, for among the native sightseers who crowded round the Portu- guese there were not a few armed and covertly hostile Moors.
In the minds of the Portuguese, the East had long been connected with the empire of the Christian Prester John, the half mythical ruler of Abyssinia, and they ex- pected to find the majority of the natives 68 Vasco da Gama Christians. Accordingly they were easily duped here (as indeed they had been in Africa) and Vasco da Gama and his com- panions... on the way to Calicut worshipped in a Hindu pagoda. The images on the walls were unlike those of the saints to which they had been accustomed in Por- tugal. Some of them had four arms, the teeth of others protruded a whole inch from their mouths, and their faces were hideous as the faces of devils. Like Little Red Ridinghood, one of the Portuguese, Joao de Sa, was in the most serious doubt when he saw these figures, and, as he knelt down, in order to avoid any mistake, he said aloud "If this is a devil I worship the true God.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It re- quired some courage, for among the native sightseers who crowded round the Portu- guese there were not a few armed and covertly hostile Moors.
In the minds of the Portuguese, the East had long been connected with the empire of the Christian Prester John, the half mythical ruler of Abyssinia, and they ex- pected to find the majority of the natives 68 Vasco da Gama Christians. Accordingly they were easily duped here (as indeed they had been in Africa) and Vasco da Gama and his com- panions... on the way to Calicut worshipped in a Hindu pagoda. The images on the walls were unlike those of the saints to which they had been accustomed in Por- tugal. Some of them had four arms, the teeth of others protruded a whole inch from their mouths, and their faces were hideous as the faces of devils. Like Little Red Ridinghood, one of the Portuguese, Joao de Sa, was in the most serious doubt when he saw these figures, and, as he knelt down, in order to avoid any mistake, he said aloud "If this is a devil I worship the true God.
What to read after Portuguese Portraits?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Aubrey F G Aubrey Fitz Gerald Bell to read onlineMoreLess
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