A journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499 / edited by E.G. Ravenstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Velho, Alvaro, author.

Contributor:

Ravenstein, E. G.

Sa, Joao de.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 99.

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 99

Standardized Title:

Roteiro da viagem de Vasco da Gama. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524.

Gama, Vasco da.

Africa--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Africa.

India--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

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. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1898. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce the following maps which appeared in the first edition: 'Natal to Malinde', 'The West Coast of India', 'Africa, from the Cantino Chart', 'Africa and India, from Canerio's Chart', and 'The Indian Ocean, according to the "Mohit"'.

Contents:

""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""

""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""

""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

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""

Notes:

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 Joao de Sa as author rather than Velho.

First published by Ashgate Pub.

Reprint. Originally published: London, 1898.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-18777-6

1-317-18778-4

1-315-56485-8

1-4094-1605-4

9781315564852

OCLC:

929147328