19 The Book Of Duarte Barbosa Firstly Cape Saint Sebastian Further along the coast past the Cape of Good Hope and heading towards India as far as Cape Saint Sebastian, there are somefine lands with many mountains and pasture with large herds of cattle, sheep and other wild beasts. This land is inhabited by black people, who go naked, they only wear a French cape of deer or other animal’s skin. We never managed to find an interpreter to tell us about these people; nor could we get information on the hinterland. They do not sail or use the sea, nor have the Mouros [1] fromArabia and Persia ever reached them by sea or discovered them, because Cape Correntes is very stormy. The islands called the Great Hucicas Further along the coast past Cape Saint Sebastian and heading towards India, there are some islands called the Great Hucicas lying 1. Translator's note: Throughout the text, the author uses the term “Mouros”, literally Moors, to refer to Moslems of any origin, as was common among Portuguese writers at the time for cultural and historic reasons.
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