The commentaries of the great Afonso Dalboquerque, second viceroy of India. Volume I / edited by Walter de Gray Birch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albuquerque, Afonso de, 1500-1580, author.

Contributor:

De Gray Birch, Walter.

Hakluyt Society.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 53.

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 53

Commentaries of the great Afonso Dalboquerque, second viceroy of India ; v. 1

Standardized Title:

Comentários do grande Afonso de Albuquerque. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Albuquerque, Afonso de, 1453-1515.

Albuquerque, Afonso de.

Portugal--History--Period of discoveries, 1385-1580--Early works to 1800.

Portugal.

India--History--1526-1765--Early works to 1800.

India.

Physical Description:

1 v. (various pagings) : map, plan, port.

Other Title:

Commentaries of the great Afonso Dalboquerque, who was captain-general of the East Indies in the time of the very powerful King D. manuel, the first of this name

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is translated from the Portuguese Edition of 1774, with Notes and an Introduction. Continued in First Series 55, 62, and 69. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1875.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

CHRONOLOGY OF PART I

TITLE TO THE EDITION OF 1774, Etc

EPISTLE DEDICATORY OF NICOLAO PAGLIARINI TO THE MARQUEZ DE POMBAL

TO THE READER

1. Sketch of the Life and Character of Afonso Dalboquerque

2. Account of Affonso Dalboquerque, the Younger

EPISTLE DEDICATORY OF AFFONSO DALBOQUERQUE, THE YOUNGER, TO THE KING D. SEBASTIAO (originally prefixed to the Second Edition of 1576)

TITLES OF THE CHAPTERS CONTAINED IN THE FIRST PART

COMMENTARIES OF AFONSO DALBOQUERQUE. Part I

CHAPTER I. How he went to India for the first time as chief captain of three vessels, and arrived at Cochim, and what further took place

CHAPTER II. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque and Francisco Dalboquerque, after the skirmish, had an audience with the king upon the building of the fortress, and what passed between them.

CHAPTER IV. How the ships from Calicut hove in sight of Coulao, and the great Afouso Dalboquerque prepared to fight them, and what took place thereupon with the governors of the land

CHAPTER V. Of the treaty which the great Afonso made with the governors of the land respecting peace, before his setting out, and the rest that took place with the native Christians there, and his setting out for Cochim

CHAPTER VI. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque set out from Cochim to Cananor, and what took place till he arrived at Portugal.

CHAPTER VII. How the king, D. Manoel, sent Tristao da Cunha to India in the year'6, and Afonso Dalboquerque accompanied him in a fleet of fourteen sail, that they might erect the fortress of Cacotora

CHAPTER VIII. How the cliief captain, Tristao da Cunha, despatched the caravel to Portugal, and set out from Biziguichc: and what took place until hearrived at Mozambique.

CHAPTER IX. How the chief captain, Tristao da Cunha, from the information which the negroes whom Rui Pereira brought gave him, determined togo and discover the Island of S. Lourenco

CHAPTER X. How the chief captain, Tristao da Cunha, got himself ready to go and explore the island, and what took place therein

CHAPTER XI. How the chief captain, Tristao da Cunha, returned along the coast, and all but perished, and what passed with the great Afonso D'alboquerque.

CHAPTER XII. How the chief captain, Tristao da Cuuha, left Mozambique with his fleet, and had an audience with the King of Melinde, and thence went to Angoja and destroyed it.

CHAPTER XIII. How the chief captain, Tristao da Cunha, proceeded to Braboa, and what passed there

CHAPTER XIV. How the chief captain, Tristao da Cunha, went to attack the city of Braboa, and after its destruction sailed for Cocotora

CHAPTER XV. How the chief captain, Tristao da Cunha, left Braboa, and made his course direct for the island of (Cocotora, and what happened there

CHAPTER XVI. How the chief captain, Tristao da Cunha, entered the fortress, and what took place when he arrived there

CHAPTER XVII.vOf the message which the chief captain, Tristao da Cunha, sent to thevpeople of the land, and what passed with them...

CHAPTER XIX.vHow the great Afonso Dalboquerque, owing to his great need of supplies,vshaped his course for the Straits of Ormuz, and arrived atvMascate.

CHAPTER XX. Of what the great Afonso Dalboquerqae transacted with the governors of the city of Calayate on his arrival there

CHAPTER XXI. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque left the city of Calayate, and went on to Curiate, and took it by force of arms

CHAPTER XXII. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque set sail from Curiate and went to Mascate, and what passed there.

CHAPTER XXIII. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque, by advice of the captains, attacked the town of Mascate, and destroyed it, and what took place there.

CHAPTER XXIV. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque ordered the city of Mascate to be set on fire, and of the miracle which took place when the mosque was destroyed, and how he returned to the ships, and sailed away

CHAPTER XXV. Of what took place between the great Afonso Dalboquerque and Joao da Nova, and how he set out from Mascate to the town of Soar, and what passed with the governors of the land

CHAPTER XXVI. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque sent a flag to the rulers of Soar, to be set up on a tower of the fortress as a signal of peace

and of the manner of its reception, and what further passed

CHAPTER XXVII. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque set sail from Soar, and went along the coast direct to Orfacao, and how he took it

CHAPTER XXVIII. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque set out from Orfaqao to Ormuz, and what passed with the captains when the city came in sight

CHAPTER XXIX. Of the fleet which the King of Ormuz had in the harbour, and how it was arranged, and of the messages which passed between him and the great Afonso Dalboquerque.

CHAPTER XXX. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque, seeing that the reply was put off, proceeded to attack the fleet which lay in the port of Ormuz, and defeated it.

CHAPTER XXXI. How the captains, after the taking of the ship Meri, followed up their victory, and of the havoc they made in the fleet, and how the great Afonso Dalboquerque proceeded to attack the jetty, where he was wounded.

CHAPTER XXXII. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque routed the fleet, and traversed the city, burning and destroying all the suburbs

and how the king sent two Moors in a ferry-boat to sue for peace.

CHAPTER XXXIII. Of the reply which the great Afonso Dalboquerque gave to the Moors

and how he sent Pero Vaz Dorta, factor, and Joao Eetao, and Gaspar Rodrigues, interpreter, to land

and of what passed withthe king and his governors

CHAPTER XXXIV.How the great Afonso Dalboquerque arranged with the king the tributewhich was to be paid, and how he demanded space in the city toerect a fortress.

CHAPTER XXXV. How the King of Ormuz sent to ask of Afonso Dalboquerque a flag to be placed on his palace in sign of peace, and what was done in the matter.

CHAPTER XXXVI. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque had an audience with the king on the jetty, and what passed in these visits, and what took place withthe sailors in the sea with the dead Moors, whose bodies floated on the water.

CHAPTER XXXVII. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque sent to beg of the king space in Ormuz to build a fortress, and what passed thereat, and how it was commenced where it now stands

CHAPTER XXXVIII. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque made his fleet ready to go and take a view of the strait of the lied Sea, and of the reply he gave to Rexnordim concerning the tribute which the Ambassador of Xeque Ismael came to demand

CHAPTER XXXIX .How the King of Ormuz sent word to Afonso Dalboquerque, saying that he desired to see the Portuguese musketeers tire a volley, and how it was done

and how Afonso Dalboquerque wrote to the Viceroy ofIndia concerning the state of affairs in Ormuz, and what took place with the captains.

CHAPTER XL. Of the speech which the great Afouso Dalboquerque made to the captains upon the insubordination which they evinced

and of the complaints they made to him

and of some words that passed with them there upon

CHAPTER XLI. How the captains made another remonstrance to the great Afonso Dalboquerque ,and all signed it.

and what he did thereupon, and what else passed with him.

CHAPTER XLII. Of what the great Afonso Dalboquerque did with the masters, pilots, and all the other seamen whom the captains had incited to mutiny against him.

CHAPTER XLIII. Of what the great Afonso Dalboquerque did with Francisco dc Tavaro on leaving the quarry, and of the conversation he held with the captains after coming to land

CHAPTER XLIY. How four Christians fled from our fleet, and related to Cogeatar the disagreements that existed between Afonso Dalboquerque and the captains

and of the message he sent to him, and of the rest that ensued

CHAPTER XLV. How the great Afooso Dalboquerque, perceiving that Cogeatar would not deliver up the men, ordered the officers and men employed on the work, who were on shore, to be withdrawn, and of what else passed with the captains.

CHAPTER XLVI. How Cogeatar sent word to the great Afonso Dalboquerque, asking for a safe conduct for the Christians, and how the captains sent him a remonstrance urging him not to make war against the city, and what further took place with them thereupon

CHAPTER XLVII. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque determined to make war with Ormuz

and how the king's people, who were on guard at the watering stations of Turumbaque, were routed by ours

CHAPTER XLVIII. How Cogeatar again ordered his people to clear out the pools of Turumbaque ,and how the people whom he had appointed to guard them were discomfited by our men, and of further matters

CHAPTER XLIX. Of the message sent by the king to the great Afonso Dalboquerque, begging for peace, and the answer he gave, and what passed in the Island of Queixoine on proceeding thither for water

CHAPTER L. Of what passed between the great Afouso Dalboquerque and Joao da Nova, when he would not go to Nabande, whither he was ordered to go.

CHAPTER LI. How the great Af onso Dalboquerque returned to the Island of Queixome with determination of taking water, and of the rout he made of the men whom the king had there for its defence.

Notes:

First published by Ashgate Pub.

Reprint of the 1875 edition published by the Hakluyt Society.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-317-03774-X

1-317-03775-8

1-315-61486-3

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9786612860089

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OCLC:

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