a cape on the west coast of Africa, south of the Canary islands. W. Long. 15. 20. N. Lat. 27. 0.

BAJAZET I. Sultan of the Turks, a renowned warrior but a tyrant, was conquered by Tamerlane, and exposed by him in an iron cage; the fate he had destined for his adversary if he had been the victor. He dashed his head against the bars of this prison, and killed himself, in 1413. See the article Turks.