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Author Barbosa, Duarte, -1521.

Title The book of Duarte Barbosa, an account of the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants / written by Duarte Barbosa, and completed about the year 1518 A.D. : including the coasts of East Africa, Arabia, Persia and Western India as far as the Kingdom of Vijayanagar ; edited by Mansel Longworth Dames.

Publication Info. Farnham, England : Ashgate, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (lxxxv, 238 xxxix pages) : map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The book of Duarte Barbosa ; v. 1
Works Issued by the Haklyut Society ; 2nd ser., no. 44
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 44.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Annotation 'Translated from the Portuguese Text First Published in 1812 A.D. by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon, in Vol. II of its Collection of Documents regarding the History and Geography of the Nations beyond the Seas', edited and annotated. With a translation of chapter 2, the history of Rander, from Narmashankar's 'Principal events of Surat'. Continued in Second Series 49. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1918.
Contents Cover; CONTENTS OF VOLUME I; MAPS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; I. PORTUGUESE HISTORIES AND NARRATIVES; II. EASTERN TRAVELS; III. HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY; IV. ORIENTAL AUTHORITIES; V. ETHNOGRAPHY; VI. NUMISMATICS; VII. MISCELLANEOUS; VIII. WORKS PUBLISHED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY; INTRODUCTION; APPENDIX TO INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION OF THE PORTUGUESE EDITORS TO THE EDITION OF 1813; DUARTE BARBOSA'S PREFACE; TEXT; 1. FIRSTLY, THE CAPE OF SAM SABASTIAM; 2. THE ISLANDS WHICH THEY CALL THEGREAT HUCICAS; 3. THE LESSER HUCICAS IN THE RIVERS; 4. COFALA; 5. THE GREAT KINGDOM OF BENAMETAPA; 6. ZIMBAOCHE; 7. CUAMA.
8. angoya9. mozambique; 10. quiloa; 11. mombaca; 12. melinde; 13. the island of sam lourenco; 14. pemba, mamfia and zinzibar; 15. patee and lemon; 16. of the city of brava; 17. magadoxo; 18. afum; 19. the cape of guardafuy; 20. metee; 21. barbora; 22. zeila; 23. dalaqua; 24. maqua; 25. the great realm of the preste joam; 26. cues; 27. the mount sinay; 28. eliobom and medina; 29. juda, a seaport; 30. meca; 31. jasam, aly, e alhor; 32. obeda, babelmandel; 33. camaram; 34. the city of adem; 35. the kingdom of fartaque; 36. the cape of fartaque. cacotara; 37. xaer; 38. dofar; 39. char.
40. the kingdom of ormus in arabia41. the kingdom of ormus in persia; 42. the islands of the kingdom of ormus; 43. lands of the xeque ismael; 44. the fortress of baqora; 45. the fair city of ormus; 46. kingdom of diul; 47. the kingdom of guzerate; 48. the king of guzerate's kingdom of cambaya; 49. the city of champanel; 50. the city of andava; 51. patenexy; 52. quriate, mangalor; 53. dio; 54. guogarim; 55. barbasy; 56. guindarim; 57. the fair city of cambaya; 58. limadura; 59. reynel; 60. curate; 61. dinuy; 62. baxay; 63. tana-majambu.
64. end of the kingdom of guzarate, and a short relation regarding the merchandize found therein65. the daquem kingdom; 66. chaul; 67. danda; 68. mandaba; 69. dabul; 70. cinguicar; 71. the river of betele and the towns thereon; 72. bamda; 73. goa; 74. cintacora; 75. kingdom of narsyngua, province of tolinate; 76. mergen; 77. honor; 78. baticala; 79. majandur; 80. bacanor and bracalor; 81. mangalor; 82. cumbola; 83. of the kingdom of narsyngua properly so-called, and of its greatness; 84. the great city of bisnagua; 85. the kingdom of otisa; 86. the kingdom of dely.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Africa, East -- Description and travel.
Africa, East.
Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel.
Arabian Peninsula.
Iran -- Description and travel.
Iran.
India -- Description and travel.
India.
Malabar Coast (India) -- Description and travel.
Malay Archipelago -- Description and travel.
China -- Description and travel.
China.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Dames, Mansel Longworth, 1850-1922.
Other Form: Print version: Dames, Mansel Longworth. Book of Duarte Barbosa, An Account of the Countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their Inhabitants : Written by Duarte Barbosa, and Completed about the year 1518 A.D. Volume I. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2011 9781409414117
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