The king of Portugal next despatched Bartolomeu Diaz in 1486 to continue discoveries southwards; while, in the following year, he sent Pedro de Covilhao and Affonso de Payva to discover the country of Prester John. [Please select]
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Otto of Freisingen is the first author to mention the monarchy of Prester John, with whom we are acquainted. [Please select]
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Prester John, for so they are wont to call him, at length routed the Persians, and after a bloody battle, remained victorious. [Please select]
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In the year 1486 Bartholomew Diaz, trying to find the land of Prester John by sea, had reached the southernmost point of Africa. [Please select]
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"Nectabanus, thou shalt be made ambassador to Prester John's court, to show them how wisely thou canst discharge thee of a mission." [Please select]
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_ Press, free, ii, 302; in politics, i, 463 Prester, John, ii, 119 Priam (prī’ ăm), i, 335 Pride, Colonel, ii, 224 _sq. [Please select]
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--ask them if Prester John can see the canker where the fruit seems fairest. [Please select]
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VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, TO FIND A WAY TO INDIA BY SEA, AND TO DISCOVER THE KINGDOM OF PRESTER JOHN--A. [Please select]
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He went through Turkey, Persia, and from thence to Carthage; he next went into the country of Prester John, who rides upon a white elephant, and has kings to wait on him. [Please select]
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And, still more wonderful, he told of Christians and Christian rulers in China, and of a certain “Prester John,” John the Priest, who was the “king” of a Christian people. [Please select]
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