In the canon
The Lusiad
- Form
- Form Epic Poem
- Year
- Year 1572
- Originally in
- Originally in Portuguese
- Pages
- Pages 280
A Portuguese fleet rounds the bottom of Africa to open the sea route to India while the old gods of Olympus argue overhead about whether to help or destroy them, and the poem ends by crowning the voyage the equal of any hero.
The feats of Arms, and famed heroick Host, from occidental Lusitanian strand,
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