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Published by London: Syndics Of The Cambridge University Press, 1968
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Date on title page. Fine hardback in near fine plus, if not fine dust jacket ($8.00 in U.S.A. 42s. net in U.K.). Dust jacket has slight, if not very slight darkening to spine. Only trivial, if any additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.
Published by Hakluyt Society. Cambridge at the University Press, London, 1968
Seller: Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, France
Book
Hardback. Condition: Good. Good hardback copy. No dustjacket. Frontis, x, 170pp, illustrations, foldout maps.
Published by Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, Cambridge, 1968
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: g to vg. First edition. Quarto. IX, [1], 170pp. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. 'Being about to write down the disastrous voyage of this great ship, it occurred to me how rash men are in their undertakings, chief among which, or one of the greatest is confiding their lives to four planks lashed together, and to the discretion of the furious winds.' So wrote Henrique Dias, an eye-witness of the wreck of the Sao Paulo off Sumatra and the subsequent fate of the survivors. His account is one of three narratives, here translated into English for the first time, of certain shipwrecks which befell the Portuguese in the mid-16th century. The other two describe the wrecking of two East Indiamen off the East African coast, and the misadventures of a voyage from Brazil to Lisbon. In his introduction, Professor Boxer describes the lives of the three chroniclers, and gives bibliographical details of their works. The narratives are translated from the original accounts which Bernardo Gomes de Brito included in his "História Trágico-Máritima" (Lisbon, 1735-36). The present volume, complete with all its plates and folded maps, forms a companion to Professor Boxer's earlier work "The Tragic History of the Sea, 1589-1622" (Hakluyt Society, 1959). Age-toning to spine. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition.
Published by Published by the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, Cambridge, 1959
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: g+. First edition. Quarto. XIV, 297, [1]pp. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. The narratives by Diogo do Couto, João Baptista Lavanha and Francisco Vaz d'Almada of accounts which were subsequently included in the "História Trágico-Marítima" edited by Bernardo Gomes de Brito at Lisbon in 1735-6. The introduction and appendices discuss the 'Carreira da Índia''. For a further selection from the same source, see Second Series 132. Contents: Preface; Introduction; Narrative of the shipwreck of the great ship São Thomé in the land of the Fumos in the year 1589, by Diogo do Couto; Shipwreck of the great ship Santo Alberto, and itinerary of the people, who were saved from it, 1593 by João Baptista Lavanha; Treatise of the misfortune that befell the great ship João Baptista, 1622 by Francisco Vaz d'Almada; Appendices; Bibliography; Index. This volume is complete with all its plates and maps. Minor shelf wear. Upper front corner bumped, thus slightly affecting pages throughout. Binding and interior in overall good+ condition.
Published by . Cambridge, The Hakluyt Society, 1959, First edition., 1959
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; xiv, 298 pp, frontis, 6 plates, 6 maps mostly folding, illus, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt vignette on front covers, gilt spine title lettering, dj (spine slightly faded), fine and quite clean, covers bright. Fascinating and well-written narratives of sea travel and shipwrecks, with much information on south east Africa, giving much information on the historical ethnography of south east Africa. One plate of ship's decks plans has tissue overlay of contents. A picture of this book is available on request.