ureadin

richardii,aplaybyshakespearebegantoke

preparationsforthesysteticexplorationofnorthe

africa.beforethis,thathotandsandyasthadbeenvisited

bythephoenien,eeredit

asthehoofthehairy``ao

knohegorilla.oeranother,prinry

andhiscaptainsdisveredthearyislandsredisvered

theislandofdeiraurybeforehadbeenvisited

byagenoeseship,hartedtheazoreshhad

beenvaguelyknooboththepueseandthespaniards,

andouthofthesenegalriveron

theastofafrica,heysupposedtobethee

uthofthelast,bytheddleofthefifteenth

tury,theysahegreencape,andthe

capeverdeislands,osthalfhe

astofafridbrazil.

buthenrydidricthielfinhisiigationsto

theasteroftheorder

ofchrist.thisuguesentinuationofthecrusading

orderofthetelarshhadbeenabolishedby

popetvintheyear1312attherequestofking

philipthefairoffrance,provedtheoasionby

buinghisoplarsatthestakeandstealingalltheir

possessions.prinains

ofhisreligiousordertoequipseveralexpeditionshexplored

thehinterlandofthesaharaandoftheastofguinea.

butheuiddleagesand