_ 156 _ in Portuguese history in a small commemorative book, published thanks to Admiral Sarmento Rodrigunes, then Minister for the Colonies. In fact, the Mensagem is the expression and full justification of a firm decision. A first reading of these fragments reminded me of the terms in which this decision is expressed and justified in the Mensagem. Both texts convey the same ideology, and a first reading of these fragments showed that the same notions are expressed there. This was my point of departure. I then compared the newly found fragments with others that were already known and had been published by Fontoura da Costa in 1940, in the volume which brings together the Seven Unpublished Documents preserved in Lisbon referring to the voyage of Pedro Álvares Cabral, a new edition of which was published by the Agência-Geral do Ultramar. Comparison revealed that the fragment from Maço 19 is another version, with variants, of Fontoura da Costa's Document III. Here are the two texts, in parallel. Marginalia are italicized. Document III Item: As soon as, God willing, you leave Angadive, you will continue your journey and anchor off Calicut, with your ships together and in good formation, and
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