...mention that it was the first port that Vasco de Gama made in India, as thus recorded by his poet : 'And now their ensigns blazing o'er the tide, On India's...bends. With joyful shouts a fleet of boats attends.' The old town of his time, however, is supposed to be now under water, and the present one certainly...

...mention that it was the first port that Vasco de Gania made in India, as thus recorded by his poet : ' And now their ensigns blazing o'er the tide, On India's shore the Liuian Heroes ride. • , High to the fleecy clouds, resplendent far, Appear the regal towers of Malabar....

...the state of the western and eastern worlds; the latter of which is now, by the labour of his heroes, And now, their ensigns blazing o'er the tide, On India's...resplendent far Appear the regal towers of Malabar, Imperial Calicut,1 the lordly seat Of the first monarch of the Indian state. Right to the port the valiant GAMA...

...Full-gorged, and blackening, spreads and moves more slow, And, waving, trembles to the waves below. * * * And now, their ensigns blazing o'er the tide, On India's shore the Lusian heroes ride. High to the fleecy clonds resplendent far Appear the regal towers of Malabar, Imperial Calicut, the lordly seat Of the...