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Adamastor
Adamastor,in Os Lusíadas (v. li) of Camões , the spirit of the Cape of Storms (the Cape of Good Hope), who appears to Vasco da Gama and threatens all who dare venture into his seas;
the title of a poem by R. Campbell .
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