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shows a figure with an outstretched arm in the vicinity of Corvo. They state this figure is intended to show the limits beyond which navigation was impossible, but that this depiction gave rise to the idea that there was a statue on Corvo. They also argue that a number of natural rock formations on
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to bring the statue to Lisbon. However, by the time the statue arrived in Lisbon it was destroyed. According to de Góis this was likely caused by the attempt to move it. Only the heads of the horse and man, the right arm of the man and a foot and section of the leg remained intact. De Góis was
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as being in stone and standing on a slab. It depicted a man riding a horse. The man was pointing towards the west, his right arm and index finger outstretched, while his left rested on the horse's mane. The man wore a moorish tunic but no hat.
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on Corvo in the 18th century. The discovery followed a severe storm in 1749 which had disturbed sediments and uncovered a black pot in a ruined structure located on the beach. Nine of the coins made their way to
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Góis speculated that this was because the letters were too weathered, or that those who took the impressions knew only the Latin alphabet.
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