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The exact date of this voyage is nowhere given; but as the death of Don Henry is mentioned in the narrative, it probably took place in that year, 1463. So called from the number of hawks which were seen on these islands when first discovered, Açor signifying a hawk in the Portuguese language; hence Açores or Açoras, pronounced Azores, signifies the Islands of Hawks. Clarke. Peripl. of the Erythr.
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