[487] About £900. The King had this gold converted into a “custodia”, which he presented to the church of Belem.
[488] Cordeiro, Boletim, 1892, p. 287.
[489] Teixeira de Aragão, p. 675.
[490] Leonardo da Chá Maser calls him “discreet and experienced, although quite illiterate” (see Peragallo, Carta de El-Rei D. Manuel, Lisbon, 1892, p. 89).
[491] This Gama was the third son of the first Vasco, and consequently an uncle of the Admiral. He was Comptroller of the Revenues (“casa da fazenda”) of the Order.
[492] Cordeiro, Boletim, 1892, p. 287.
[493] A town on the Tejo, 20 miles above Lisbon.
[494] Cordeiro, Boletim, 1892, p. 288. This Alvaró was confirmed by King John, June 17, 1522 (Cordeiro, O Premio da Descoberta, p. 45).
[495] Cordeiro, O Premio da Descoberta, p. 46.
[496] Roteiro, Appendice, p. 175.