_ 178 _ In the same year (1507) The events of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portuguese, came as written by Fernao Lopes de Castanheda, chapters 36-74:(3) Chapter: 36 After his fleet had been hit by a storm off Madagascar, Tristan da Cunha went to Mozambique. There Afonso Lopes da Costa Told him that Pero de Anhaia (Captain of Sofala) had died, João da Nova had sailed from Zanzibar where he had spent the winter, but returned to Mozambique because his ship had begun to let in a lot of water at the Cape of Good Hope and he was unable to proceed on his voyage. Since the Commander-in-Chief (ie. Tristan da Cunha) was a very good friend of João da Nova’s, he asked him to (3) Document no. and reference.
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