In July 1415 King D. João I of Portugal led 242 armed ships left Lisbon for North Africa, taking with him the Infantes Dom Henrique, Dom Pedro and Dom Duarte. The fleet landed near the Moroccan port of Ceuta, and after a short siege, the city was taken on August 22, 1415. The main account for this event comes from the Chronicles of the reign of King Dom Joao I by Gomes Eannes de Azurara (d.1474). Azurara was an assistant to Fernão Lopes in the Portuguese Royal Library and Archives, and in 1...
