Azamor

Azamor contains now about eight or nine hundred inhabitants, but formerly was much more populated.

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Azamor was taken by the Portuguese under the command of the Duke of Braganza in 1513 who strengthened it by fortifications, the walls of which are still standing; but it was abandoned a century afterwards, the Indies having opened a more lucrative field of enterprise than these barren though honourable conquests on the

Travels in Morocco 2003

Casa Blanco is two days journey from Rabat, and two from Azamor, or Azemmour, which is an ancient and fine city of the province of Dukaila, built by the Amazigh

Travels in Morocco 2003

After viewing the mitfere, or cistern, and batteries at Mazagan, we mounted at four o'clock, and arrived at Azamor at seven o'clock P.M., pitched the tents in a large spacious fondaque, or caravansera, in the centre of the town.

An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny

Estévan, an Arabian black from Azamor, in Morocco, and the slave of

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 Various

Alcazar-Sequer, Saphin, and Azamor, had been wrested from her; and

Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton Anonymous

Magellan was of too active a nature to remain long without again taking service; he went next to fight in Africa at Azamor, a town in Morocco, where he received a slight wound in his knee, but one which by injuring a nerve made him lame for the remainder of his life, and obliged him to return to Portugal.

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866

Conscious of the superiority which his theoretical and practical knowledge and his services had earned for him above the herd of courtiers, Magellan naturally felt more keenly than another would have done the unjust treatment he received from Emmanuel with regard to certain complaints laid by the people of Azamor against the

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866

St Jago, who had served with reputation at Azamor in Africa and in several parts of India.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

India; but at length, in the end of December 1527, Sampayo was confirmed in the government, and Mascarenas went home to Portugal, where he was appointed to the command of Azamor in Africa.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784