[497] Niza, a town in the district of Portalegre, about 100 miles to the N.E. of Lisbon. When the 5th Count da Gama was raised to the dignity of a “Marquis” in 1648, he took his title from this town.

[498] Cordeiro, Boletim, 1892, p. 289.

[499] Cordeiro, Boletim, 1892, p. 292.

[500] Cordeiro, Boletim, 1892, pp. 278, 291.

[501] Cordeiro, pp. 274, 295.

[502] Cordeiro, Boletim, p. 295.

[503] Cordeiro, p. 280.

[504] Cordeiro, O Premio da Descoberta, p. 46.

[505] Cordeiro, p. 302.