Cantin
Original title: Cantim
Cape Cantim on the Moroccan coast, the African point at Madeira's latitude and closest to the archipelago, about 350 miles away.
Cape Cantin lies on the coast of Morocco, between two well-known points on the littoral: Mazagan to the north and Mogadouro to the south. It is roughly equidistant from these two coastal towns, about 60 miles from each. This is the point of the African continent whose latitude corresponds most closely to that of the island of Madeira. Cape Cantin lies at 32 33’ N and bears some 47 miles SW. ¼ S. of Cape Blanc. It rises steeply to 60 metres above the sea, and on its summit stands a small chapel. It is also the point on the African coast nearest to our archipelago, from which it is about 350 miles distant.
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Cape Cantim is a point on the Moroccan coast at the latitude of Madeira. It is the African point closest to the archipelago, about 350 miles away.
- Cape Blanc
Western Sahara. Cape about 47 miles north-east of Cantim.
Cape about 47 miles north-east of Cantim.
- Cape Cantin
Morocco. Moroccan cape nearest to Madeira and at its latitude.
Cabo Cantim is the Moroccan cape that is the nearest point of the African coast to Madeira, lying at roughly the same latitude. The Elucidário gives its distance as about 350 miles from Madeira and Funchal.
- Mazagan
Morocco. Coastal city north of the cape.
Mazagão is a Portuguese stronghold on the Moroccan coast, north of Cabo Cantim. João Gonçalves da Câmara sent aid there and Simão Gonçalves da Câmara fought there. Bishops D. José de Sousa Castelo Branco (in 1698) and D. Manuel Coutinho exercised episcopal functions there.
- Mogador
Morocco. Coastal city south of the cape.
Mogador is a Moroccan coastal city lying south of Cabo Cantim. It is mentioned in describing the geographical setting of the Madeira archipelago.
- Morocco
Country on whose coast the cape lies.
Morocco is recorded as the scene of the Portuguese strongholds where Madeirans, including Zarco, fought the Moors, and where Zarco won his knighthood. Moorish captives brought from its coast carried their tales to Madeira. It was also the country of origin of the Moroccan princesses.