| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : illustrations (some color), facsimile, maps, portraits. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 99
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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 99.
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| Note |
First English translation of the Roteiro da viagem de Vasco da Gama, believed by some authorities to be the work of Alvaro Velho. Editor favors João de Sá as author rather than Velho. |
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Reprint. Originally published: London, 1898. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Translated and Edited, with Notes, an Introduction and Appendices. Includes also letters of King Manuel and Girolamo Sernigi, 1499, and early seventeenth-century Portuguese accounts of da Gama's first voyage. First published: 1898. |
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""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""A JOURNAL OF THE VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA IN 1497-99""; ""THE VOYAGE OUT""; ""CALECUT""; ""ARRIVAL""; ""THE VOYAGE HOME""; ""THE KINGDOMS TO THE SOUTH OF CALECUT""; ""ABOUT ELEPHANTS""; ""PRICES AT ALEXANDRIA""; ""A VOCABULARY OF MALAYALAM""; ""APPENDICES""; ""A -- TWO LETTERS OF KING MANUEL, 1499""; ""LETTER TO THE KING AND QUEEN OF CASTILE, JULY 1499""; ""LETTER TO THE CARDINAL PROTECTOR, AUGUST 28TH, 1499""; ""B -- GIROLANO SERNGI'S LETTERS, 1499""; ""C -- THREE PORTUGUESE ACCOUNTS OF VASCO GAMAS FIRST VOYAGE"" |
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""D -- VASCO DA GAMA'S SHIPS AND THEIR EQUIPTMENT""""E -- MUSTER-ROLL OF VASCO DA GAMA'S FLEET""; ""F -- THE VOYAGE""; ""G -- EARLY MAPS ILLUSTRATING VASCO DA GAMA'S FIRST VOYAGE""; ""H -- HONOURS AND REWARDS BESTOWED UPON VASCO DA GAMA, 1499-1524""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""VASCO DA GAMA""; ""KING MANUEL""; ""VASCO DA GAMA, from a contemporary medallion""; ""VASCO DA GAMA, from the Museu des Bellas Artes""; ""VASCO DA GAMA, M. Morelet's Version""; ""VASCO DA GAMA, as Viceroy""; ""VASCO DA GAMA, from the Palacio do Governo, Goa""; ""FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE MS. OF THE ROTEIRO"" |
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""FACSIMILES OF VASCO DA GAMA'S SIGNATURE""""FACSIMILE OF A RECIEPT BY VASCO DA GAMA""; ""THE SUPPOSED ARMADA OF VASCO DA GAMA""; ""THE S. GABRIEL""; ""THE FIGURE-HEAD OF THE S. RAPHAEL""; ""A CARAVEL""; ""NATIVE CRAFT IN THE HARBOUR OF MOMBACA: FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY THE LATE CAPT. FOOT, R.N.""; ""CAO PADRAO AT CAPE CROSS""; ""VASCO DA GAMA'S PILLAR AT MALINDI, froma photograph by Sir John Kirk""; ""THE COAT-OF-ARMS OF VASCO DA GAMA""; ""A TOWER AT MOMBASA; from a photograph by Sir John Kirk""; ""VIEW OF CALECUT; from an original sketch by H. Johnson""; ""A SIWA-BLOWER. |
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From a photograph by Sir John Kirk """"KRISHNA NURSED BY DEVAKI; from Moor's ""Pantheon""""; ""THE OLD CHURCH AT VIDIGUEIRA ""; ""LIST OF MAPS""; ""A CHART ILLUSTRATING THE FIRST VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, 1497-99""; ""THE CAPE TO NATAL""; ""SOUTH AFRICA, from an anonymous chart of the world, first published by Dr Hamy""; ""ERRATA"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524.
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Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524. |
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Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524. |
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Africa -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Africa. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
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India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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India. |
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Electronic books.
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Early works.
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| Added Author |
Ravenstein, Ernst Georg, 1834-1913.
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Sá, João de, active 15th century-16th century.
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| Added Title |
Roteiro da viagem de Vasco da Gama. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ravenstein, E.G. Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2010 9781409413660 |
| ISBN |
9781409416050 (electronic book) |
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1409416054 (electronic book) |
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1409413667 (Trade Cloth) |
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9781409413660 (Trade Cloth) |
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9781409413660 (hardback) |
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