The Commentaries of the Great Alfonso Da

Klappentext This 1875 translation describes Portuguese expeditions to India and the Persian Gulf between 1503 and 1509. Zusammenfassung The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. Volume 1 of this four-volume Victorian English translation of The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque describes his expeditions to India and the Persian Gulf between 1503 and 1509. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chronology of Part I; Title to the edition of 1774; Epistle dedicatory of Nicolao Pagliarini ti the Marquez de Pombal; To the reader; Epistle dedicatory of Afonso Dalboquerque, the Younger, to the King D. Sebastiao, Titles of the chapters contained in the first part; Commentaries of Afonso Dalboquerque Part I.

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• Authors: Albuquerque Afonso De, Afonso De Albuquerque, Alfonso Albuquerque, Alfonso De Albuquerque, Albuquerque Afonso de
• Assisted by: Walter De Gray Birch (Translation), Birch Walter de Gray (Translation)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9781108011440
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01144-0
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series; The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India 4 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic; HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, India, Geographical discovery & exploration, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Asian History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Geographical discovery and exploration, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Historical Geography, HISTORY / Asia / South / India