edited with and introduction by C.R. Boxer. The frontispiece is a facsimile of the t.p. of the original edition, Lisboa, 1647: Commentarios do... Show moreedited with and introduction by C.R. Boxer. The frontispiece is a facsimile of the t.p. of the original edition, Lisboa, 1647: Commentarios do grande capitam Rvy Frevre de Andrada ... Tirados de humas relaçoẽs, & papeis verdadeyros por industria de Paulo Craesbeeck ... "It is not certain who was the author of the Commentarios, but it was probably the publisher Paulo Craesbeeck, who claims to have composed the volume from various 'trustworthy papers'."--Preface. Main Heritage Shelves General DP629.F7 C73 1930 Book Item-ID: i25325048 BIB-ID: 2712669 Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320). Show less
Nautical chart Title devised by staff Depths indicated by stippling Map is in Portuguese with some placenames in Latin Tropics and Equator marked. Lat... Show moreNautical chart Title devised by staff Depths indicated by stippling Map is in Portuguese with some placenames in Latin Tropics and Equator marked. Lat.degrees given on a meridian E. of tip of Arabian Peninsula. This chart gives the coasts and islands of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Persian Gulf,from G. Pigena ( N. of Cape Town ) to the tip of Ceylon. Sandbanks and rocks marked. One compass rose [low. r.]. ß with rhumb lines. On the left are plans of the harbour of Mobaça, Mosanbique, Sofala and Ilha de Sacatora.BM. Maps. 66945 (3). Appears in Relation de divers voyages curieux....par Melchisédek Thévenot. Paris,1696. fol. (Tibbetts) The chart also includes insets of the key trading posts and harbors at Mombassa, Mozambique and Sofala, as well as a detail chart of the island of Socotra, the primary Portugese trading points after rounding the Cape of Good Hope en route to India. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00410 Print Map Item-ID: i11401151 BIB-ID: 1172458 Show less
