Lopes & Pigafetta, Report of the Kingdom of Congo: a Chronicle / record source. Covers AD 1481 – 1590, with 32 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.
| Type | Chronicle / record |
|---|---|
| Viewpoint | Outsider account |
| Years covered | AD 1481 – 1590 |
| Events | 32 events, 18 placed on the map |
| Author | Filippo Pigafetta (구술 Odoardo Lopes), 영역 Abraham Hartwell 1597 |
| Original title | A Report of the Kingdom of Congo |
Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa 23 · Southern Europe 7 · The Americas 2
| Year | Place | Event | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 1481 – 1495 | Mbanza Kongo (Congo) | Under King John II of Portugal, Christianity is brought to the Kongo and the Kongo king is baptized and becomes a Christian | Ch.7 |
| AD 1491 | In 1491 a Portuguese ship reaches the harbour at the mouth of the Zaire river, and next day the lord of Sogno and his son are baptized | Bk2 Ch2 (part_02 줄 97) | |
| AD 1491 – 1492 | Mbanza Kongo | The Kongo king and queen are baptized in a temporary wooden church and take the names Dom João and Dona Leonor | Bk2 Ch2 (part_02 줄 123) |
| AD 1491 – 1506 | The Anzichi people on the islands and banks of the Zaire river revolt and kill the governors sent by the king. Prince Mani-Sundi goes to suppress them | Bk2 Ch2 (part_02 줄 120) | |
| AD 1506 – 1509 | Mbanza Kongo | The second prince Mang-Panigo attacks the capital twice and is defeated; in a third two-sided attack he is killed, impaled on poisoned stakes he had himself laid | Bk2 Ch3 (part_02 줄 168) |
| AD 1539 | Prester John loses the Red Sea coast through negligence and the Turks take it | 본문 「The Empire of Prete Gianni」 단락 (part_03 줄 38) | |
| AD 1557 – 1578 | King Sebastian grants Paulo Dias de Novais a licence to conquer and govern the coast 33 leagues south of the Kwanza river (letters patent) | Ch.7 | |
| AD 1568 – 1571 | Mbanza Kongo | The Giachas (Jagas) defeat the Bata region and seize the capital. King Álvaro flees to the Isle of Horses (Isola del Cavallo) in the Zaire river | Bk2 Ch5 (part_02 줄 233) |
| AD 1571 – 1573 | The Portuguese general Gouveia comes with 600 men and in a year and a half drives out the Jagas and restores King Álvaro | Bk2 Ch6 (part_02 줄 244) | |
| AD 1578 | King Dom Sebastian of Portugal sets out to conquer Morocco (the background year of Lopes's voyage) | Ch.1 | |
| AD 1578 | Lisbon | Duarte Lopes sails in April for the port of Luanda in the Kongo aboard the Santo António (a merchant ship owned by his uncle) | Ch.1 |
| AD 1578 | Funchal | Calls at Madeira and stays 15 days to take on fresh provisions and wine | Ch.1 |
| AD 1578 | Porto Novo | Arrives at the island of Santo Antão in the Cape Verde Islands (found without having seen it before) | Ch.1 |
| AD 1578 | Praia | Calls at the island of Santiago (Saint Jacopo) to take on supplies again, then sets course toward Brazil | Ch.1 |
| AD 1578 | Jamestown (St Helena) | After 12 days and nights at sea arrives at the island of St. Helena (S. Elena) and takes on water, fruit and salted meat | Ch.1 |
| AD 1578 | Luanda | After 17 days' voyage from St. Helena arrives at the port of Luanda in the land of the Kongo | Ch.1 |
| AD 1578 | The lord of Angola orders a massacre of merchants and confiscation of goods at Cabazzo (Portuguese and Kongo merchants) | Ch.7 | |
| AD 1578 | King Sebastian is defeated in Barbary (Morocco), in the same year as the Cabazzo incident | Ch.7 | |
| AD 1578 – 1580 | Paulo Dias attacks both banks of the Kwanza river with two galleys and other forces, subduing the lords by force | Ch.7 | |
| AD 1578 – 1580 | Mbanza Kongo (Congo) | The Kongo king sends 60,000 troops (including 120 Portuguese soldiers) led by his cousin Dom Sebastian Manibamba to support Paulo Dias | Ch.7 |
| AD 1578 – 1580 | The Kongo army, crossing the Bengo river, meets the Angolan army and fights several battles. Losses on both sides, lack of food and disease cause the Kongo army to disband and each return home | Ch.7 | |
| AD 1578 – 1580 | Paulo Dias seizes and fortifies a hill at the confluence of two rivers at Luiola, making it his base against the king of Angola | Ch.7 | |
| AD 1583 – 1588 | Lopes sets sail as envoy of the Kongo, but off the Cape Verde Islands the ship leaks and changes course | Bk2 Ch6 (part_02 줄 269) | |
| AD 1583 – 1588 | Cumaná | The ship reaches the port of Cumaná but sinks inside the harbour. Lopes waits here for a year and a half | Bk2 Ch6 (part_02 줄 272) |
| AD 1583 – 1588 | Santo Domingo | Lopes goes to the port of Santo Domingo on the island of Hispaniola and looks for a ship to join the fleet bound for Spain | Bk2 Ch6 (part_02 줄 282) |
| AD 1583 – 1588 | Angra do Heroísmo | Arrives with the fleet at Terceira island in the Azores | Bk2 Ch6 (part_02 줄 283) |
| AD 1583 – 1588 | Sanlúcar de Barrameda | Reaches the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda at the mouth of the Guadalquivir river | Bk2 Ch6 (part_02 줄 283) |
| AD 1583 – 1588 | Sevilla | Goes from Sanlúcar to Seville (Siuile), from where he begins the journey to Portugal | Bk2 Ch6 (part_02 줄 283) |
| AD 1583 – 1588 | Madrid | Lopes arrives at the court in Madrid and tells the king of his mission, but the king is preoccupied with the conquest of England and nothing progresses | Bk2 Ch6 (part_02 줄 284) |
| AD 1585 – 1590 | Rome | Lopes goes to Rome and explains his mission to Pope Sixtus V. The Pope says the Kongo is the concern of the Spanish king and passes the matter to him | Bk2 Ch6 (part_02 줄 289) |
| AD 1588 | The English privateer captain Cavendish entered these seas in 1588 (mentioned as the second English entry after Drake) | Ch.1 | |
| AD 1589 | Odoardo Lopes finishes the manuscript on the Kongo and plans to return to Rome soon after | 본문 끝 단락 「The conclusion of this book」 (part_03 줄 68) |