In 1434, eannes became the first explorer to successfully cross cape bojador on africas west coast. In addition to make a complete restyling of its ranges, the new general catalogue has been designed in order to. Series of accidents including windlass damage, grounding. Cape bojador is still today a very shallow even at high sea, with depths of little over 2m, where storms, rough sea and raging winds are frequent. Rinconete y cortadillo anotado spanish edition ebook. Before eannes, prince henry had paid for several explorers to.
Cap boujdour is a headland on the northern coast of western sahara, at 26 07 37n, 14 29 57w various sources give various locations. In the year 1434 eannes sailed past the dreadful cape and came back. Cape bojador, also spelled cape boujdour, extension of the west african coast into the atlantic ocean, now part of the western sahara. Located on a dangerous reeflined stretch of the coast, its arabic name, abu kha. My years of high expectations only to be disappointed were now worth the trouble. On 2627 november 2011 the roro freight ferry norcape suffered a number of accidents, including windlass damage, grounding and an accident to person while operating in and around troon harbour.
The ceramic company keraben releases its general catalogue through the web. Exploration and technology 1434 eannes sails past cape bojador gil eannes was the servant of the portuguese prince henry, known as henry the navigator because he funded several portuguese expeditions to the west coast of africa. Cape bojador the cape of fear where the world ended. In addition to make a complete restyling of its ranges, the new general. Pja series b instructions to authors the japan academy. Series of accidents including windlass damage, grounding and. Pja series b instructions to authors the japan academy is located at ueno park, tokyo, japan. Keraben general catalogue 20 by juan maldonado andreu. I now had the honor of being the sponsor of the first sailor to round cape bojador despite the dangerous obstacles and fearsome tales. Escuchalo en streaming y sin anuncios o compra cds y mp3s ahora en. It was first successfully passed by the portuguese navigator captain gil eanes in 1434.
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