Map of Henares Area © Mark Wade

Major river of central Spain.

• Book II Chapter XIX:

  And in time of peace Don Alfonso and his companions went fowling along the banks of the Tagus, for in those days there was much game there, and venison of all kinds; and they killed venison among the mountains.

• Book V Chapter III:

  And when they came to a ford of the Tagus, behold the river was swoln, and the best horsemen feared to try the passage.

• Book VII Chapter XXVI:

  And when the King saw the letters he was well pleased, and sent others to say that the time of their meeting should be three weeks after he received these letters, and the place appointed was upon the Tagus, which is a great river.

• Book VII Chapter XXVII:

  Who ever saw in Castille so many a precious mule, and so many a good-going palfrey, and so many great horses, and so many goodly streamers set upon goodly spears, and shields adorned with gold and with silver, and mantles, and skins, and rich sendals of Adria? The King sent great store of food to the banks of the Tagus, where the place of meeting was appointed.

• Book IX Chapter III:

  I will not cross the Tagus to-night, but will pass the night in St. Servans on this side, and hold a vigil there.