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'''''Câmara de Lobos''''' • literally ''Chamber of Sea Lions''. Described in a late 16<sup>th</sup> century text<ref>Frutuoso, Gaspar (1998 [1586 & 1590]). ''Livro Segundo das Saudades da Terra''. Ponta Delgada: Instituto Cultural de Ponta Delgada.</ref> as follows: "From here they passed downhill until they found a thin rock, the lowest point, which enters the sea a lot, and between this rock and another, there is an arm of the sea like a backwater, where nature has made a great limpet, as a chamber of stone and living rock; here they put the boats, where they found so many sealions, it was amazing, and it was no small refreshment or a pastime for us, because they killed many of them and had a lot of pleasure and celebration in the killing, which gave the name to this backwater ''Câmara de Lobos'', where this captain João Gonçalves took the nickname, for being the last part he discovered of this tour and path, which he did; and from this place he took his weapons, which the King gave him, returning to the kingdom, as I will tell later." | '''''Câmara de Lobos''''' • literally ''Chamber of Sea Lions'' (monk seals). Described in a late 16<sup>th</sup> century text<ref>Frutuoso, Gaspar (1998 [1586 & 1590]). ''Livro Segundo das Saudades da Terra''. Ponta Delgada: Instituto Cultural de Ponta Delgada.</ref> as follows: "From here they passed downhill until they found a thin rock, the lowest point, which enters the sea a lot, and between this rock and another, there is an arm of the sea like a backwater, where nature has made a great limpet, as a chamber of stone and living rock; here they put the boats, where they found so many sealions, it was amazing, and it was no small refreshment or a pastime for us, because they killed many of them and had a lot of pleasure and celebration in the killing, which gave the name to this backwater ''Câmara de Lobos'', where this captain João Gonçalves took the nickname, for being the last part he discovered of this tour and path, which he did; and from this place he took his weapons, which the King gave him, returning to the kingdom, as I will tell later." | ||
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Câmara de Lobos • literally Chamber of Sea Lions (monk seals). Described in a late 16th century text[1] as follows: "From here they passed downhill until they found a thin rock, the lowest point, which enters the sea a lot, and between this rock and another, there is an arm of the sea like a backwater, where nature has made a great limpet, as a chamber of stone and living rock; here they put the boats, where they found so many sealions, it was amazing, and it was no small refreshment or a pastime for us, because they killed many of them and had a lot of pleasure and celebration in the killing, which gave the name to this backwater Câmara de Lobos, where this captain João Gonçalves took the nickname, for being the last part he discovered of this tour and path, which he did; and from this place he took his weapons, which the King gave him, returning to the kingdom, as I will tell later."
- Country
- Portugal
- County/ Region
- Madeira
- First use
- Early modern
- Associated with
- Monk seal
References
- ↑ Frutuoso, Gaspar (1998 [1586 & 1590]). Livro Segundo das Saudades da Terra. Ponta Delgada: Instituto Cultural de Ponta Delgada.
