HISTORIA DELL INDIE ORIENTALI, SCOPERTE, & CONQUISTATE DA PORTOGHESI, DI COMMISSIONE DELL INUITTISSIMO RE DON MANUELLO, DI GLORIOSA MEMORIA.

Lopes de Castanheda, Fernão

Published by Giordano Ziletti, Venice 1577, 1577

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2 volumes. Contemporary vellum. First edition in Italian of Castanheda s History of the discovery and conquest of India a major history of Portuguese exploration and conquests in Asia. The original version in Portuguese was published in 8 volumes from 1551 to 1561. The present Italian version comprises books 1-7. Lopes de Castanheda is considered one of the definitive chroniclers of Portuguese activity in Asia. With the majority of the narrative focused on Persia, Arabia, China, and Molucca, this work is enhanced by the inclusion of details regarding the Portuguese exploration of Brazil. Castanheda himself spent some two decades in the Portuguese colonies in the East, and so was well equipped to write this account. It is one of the primary sources for the early Portuguese trading empire, a model that the British were beginning to emulate at the time of publication. Penrose says of the author: .He wrote an impartial book of outspoken sincerity which was the fruit of years of residence in the East. However, this work is equally important for its American content, being the first to describe in detail the voyage of Cabral and his discovery of Brazil in 1500, while on his way out to the East Indies. Contains important details of Potuguese activity in the areas around the Arabian Gulf such as Bahrain, Hormuz, Muscat and other cities in Arabia. From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (19412013). Ships from U.A.E. Seller Inventory # ABE-1535885622611

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Title: HISTORIA DELL INDIE ORIENTALI, SCOPERTE, & ...

Publisher: Giordano Ziletti, Venice 1577

Publication Date: 1577

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition