plans to get possession of Gibraltar, 156;
returns to Court, 156;
is made Duke of Viseu and Lord of Covilham, 157;
reasons for exploring Guinea, 158;
Sagres his chosen home, 160;
is made Governor for life of the Algarves, 160;
his buildings on Sagres, 161;
his scientific work, 162;
results of settlement on Cape St. Vincent, 163;
sends out men and ships to colonise Porto Santo, 164;
colonises Madeira, 166;
directs captains to Azores, 169;
impatience at superstition and fears of navigators, 172;
receives charter for Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, 173;
sends out Gil Eannes, 173;
despatches Baldaya, 174;
engaged in politics, 179;
reverence paid to him, 179;
plans and organises African war, 180;
sets sail for Ceuta, 181;
pushes forward along inland routes, 182;
attacks and blockades Tangier, 183;
raises the siege, 184;
signs a truce with Moors, 185;
shuts himself up in Ceuta, 186;
is recalled to Portugal, 186;
made one of the guardians of Affonso V., 189;
arranges a compromise between Pedro and Leonor, 190;
sends to the Holy Father for treasure to aid in crusades, 200;
gives grant to sail to coast of Guinea to Lancarote, 206;
his motives in slave trade, 207;
keeps buccaneers in check, 216;
differs from West Indian planters, 217;
gives a caravel to Gonsalo de Cintra, 218;
permits Lagos to equip and send out a fleet on a Guinea voyage, 229;
takes special charge of widows and orphans left by Nuno Tristam's
expedition, 242;
gives a reward to explorers, 246;
his wonderful knowledge shown in correcting Cabral's course, 252;
grants captaincy of Terceira to Jacques de Bruges, 254;
account of him in narrative of Cadamosto, 261;
absorbed in new Holy War against the Infidel, 299;
his last appearance in public service, 300;
makes set of charters, 303;
makes grants to the Order of Christ and to the Crown of Portugal, 304;
his illness and death, 304, 305;
his body is laid in the chapel at Batalha, 305;
his personal appearance, 305;
his character, 306;
results of his life, 309-312, 321, 323

Heravy, Al, life of, 26

Hereford _Mappa Mundi_, 120

Heurter, Job van, notice of first settlement of Azores, 255

Hippalus, discovery of monsoon, 17

Hope, country re-named, 60

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Ibn Batuta, 27