Em nome de Deus : the journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama to India, 1497-1499 / translated and edited by Glenn J. Ames.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524.

Contributor:

Ames, Glenn Joseph.

Series:

European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 4.

European expansion and indigenous response, 1873-8974 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Discovery and exploration--Portuguese.

India.

Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524--Travel--India.

Gama, Vasco da.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The voyage of Vasco da Gama to India (1497-1499) was one of the seminal events of the Renaissance period. An anonymous Journal kept by a member of his fleet has long served as the main documentary source for accounts of this voyage. Strangely, there has only been one English translation of this important document, published more than a century ago. This book provides a new, updated English translation of the Journal with extensive editorial notes and appendices which encompass and reflect changes in the historiography over the last century on Vasco da Gama and his first voyage. In doing so, it examines initial Portuguese impressions when confronted by the cultures of Africa and India during this period.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / G.J. Ames

Background To The Voyage / G.J. Ames

The Voyage / G.J. Ames

Across The Arabian Sea / G.J. Ames

The Return Voyage / G.J. Ames

The Kingdoms To The South Of Calicut / G.J. Ames

The Language Of Calicut / G.J. Ames

Appendix I Men In Da Gama’s Fleet / G.J. Ames

Appendix II Sixteenth Century Chronicler Accounts Of The Final Stages Of The Voyage And Da Gama’s Return To Lisbon / G.J. Ames

Appendix III Contemporary Letters Describing The Voyage / G.J. Ames

Appendix IV Honors Granted To Vasco Da Gama, 1499–1502 / G.J. Ames

Appendix V Vasco Da Gama’s Sailing Instructions To Pedro Álvares Cabral, Ca. 1500 / G.J. Ames

Appendix VI Calcoen: A Narrative Of The Second Voyage Of Vasco Da Gama To Calicut, 1502 / G.J. Ames

Bibliography / G.J. Ames

Index / G.J. Ames.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-40149-1

9786612401497

90-474-2987-7

OCLC:

646864964

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004176430.i-182 DOI