They are called the Cape Verde islands, and are distant only a day's sail from the western part of Ethiopia.
He alleges many reasons in proof of this assertion, and even says particularly, that these early navigators sailed in forty days from Cape Verde to these islands.
Having despatched my small affairs at the Cape Verde Islands I meditated on the process of my voyage.
At Madeira they were joined by two more, and the whole fleet sailed through the Canary island group to Cape Verde.
And passing by Cape Verde he sailed on sixty leagues and found a river, where he judged there ought to be some people living.
