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Klappentext A seventeenth-century description of the East Indies! published in English in three volumes (1887 1890) by the Hakluyt Society. Zusammenfassung The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. Volumes 77, 78 and 80 (1887–1890) contain Pyrard de Laval's account of how, shipwrecked on the Maldives in 1602–1607, he learnt the language and studied the culture of the inhabitants. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chronology of events; Addenda et corrigenda; Dedicatory epistle; 1. Arrival at Goa, and description of the hospitals and prisons there; 2. Description of the island of Goa, the chief inhabitants, and lords; 3. Of the city of Goa; 4. Of the markets, slaves, money, water, and other remarkable things at Goa; 5. Of the government of Goa; 6. Of the Archbishop of Goa; 7. Of the exercises and games of the Portuguese, Metifs, and other Christians at Goa; 8. Of the Portuguese soldiers at Goa; 9. Of the kingdom of Dealcan, Decan, or Ballagate, and the neighbourhood of Goa; 10. Voyage of the author to Ceylon, and description of that island; 11. Of Malaca, a description of it, and the memorable siege which the Hollanders laid thereto; 12. Of the islands of Sunda - Sumatra, and Java - and the towns of Bantan and Tuban; 13. Of the singular things that are brought from the islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and from the Philippines and Manilla; 14. Of the form and fashion of the Portuguese ships going to the Indies; 15. Of the traffic of the Portuguese throughout the Indies in general; 16. Of the traffic to Brazil; 17. Of the traffic at Mozambique and other places; 18. Of the kingdom of Ormuz; 19. Of the kingdoms of Cambaye, Surat, and of the Grand Mogor; 20. Many captures of Portuguese ships; 21. The author's taking ship at Goa; 22. Departure from Goa.
