Or Imperial: No. 11 sphere, “sensorium of the Deity.” ↩
A couplet for “The Spiritualist.” ↩
First mover, i.e. source of motion: Sphere No. 10. ↩
I.e. moving the orbs from east to west. ↩
Crystalline Sphere (No. 9), revolving in 49,000 years. ↩
Firmament or Zodiac: Sphere No. 8. ↩
In orig. Posada, i.e., not a home. ↩
The Jesuit G. da Silveira, AD 1561. ↩
The Zambeze. ↩
Not in Camões.
“And see yon twain from Britain’s foggy shore
set forth dark Africk’s jungle-plain to span;
thy furthest fount, O Nilus! they explore,
and where Zaïré springs to seek the Main:
The Veil of Isis hides thy land no more,
whose ways wide open to the world are lain:
They deem, vain fools! to win fair Honour’s prize:—
This exiled lives, and that untimely dies.
Rufiji river (of “sewn boats”). ↩
Of vulgar error. ↩
Arab horses. ↩
Ras el-Hadd. ↩
D. Pedro de C., Governor of Hormuz. ↩
Paragoge for Lár. ↩
On the Zanzibar Coast. ↩
Sind; the “Bore” (flood-tide), and Cutch Gulf. ↩
Indus and Ganges. ↩
The Brahminical cord. ↩
Chittagong. ↩
Tavoy, in Tenasserim. ↩
Malaccan Pa-ang, and Patani. ↩
Burmans. ↩
The Karen tribe. ↩
The singer personifies himself as “Song.” ↩
The seaboard of Cochin China. ↩
Hainan. ↩
Malasia. ↩
I.e., be applied to missions. ↩
Java. ↩
We now return westward to Sumatra. ↩
Styrax benzoin (gum benjamin). ↩
Adam’s Peak. ↩
The Coco-de-mer. ↩
Ambergris. ↩
Magellan. ↩
S. Cruz (= The Brazil) found by Cabral, AD 1500. ↩
The Patagonians. ↩
Australia (?) ↩
Epilogue addressed to D. Sebastiam. ↩
Alii “Marroco’s Moors” (Mouros). ↩
“Prester John.” ↩
Sic in orig. ↩
I.e., the lance. ↩
Sans peur. ↩
Espada; sword or (suit of) spades. ↩
Count Julian. ↩
Roderick the Goth. ↩
D. Joam III ↩
Saffi town. ↩
Magellan’s circumnavigation. ↩
A prophecy not unlikely to be realized. ↩
Lucifer, the Fiend. ↩
Magellan. ↩
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