The Suma oriental of Tomé Pires :

Pires, Tomé, approximately 1468-approximately 1540.

The Suma oriental of Tomé Pires : an account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515, and The book of Francisco Rodrigues, rutter of a voyage in the Red Sea, nautical rules, almanack and maps, written and drawn in the East before 1515 / Translated from the Portuguese ms in the Bibliothèque de la Chambre des députés, Paris, and edited by Armando Cortesão. - London : The Hakluyt Society, 1944. - 2 v. (xcvi, 578 p.) : xlii plates (part fold.; incl. fronts., maps, facsims.) 2 fold maps (in pockets) ; 23 cm. - Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. no. 89-90 . - Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. 2d ser. ; no. 89-90. .

Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 533-540) and index.

I. The Suma oriental of Tomé Pires, books 1-5 --II. The Suma oriental, book 6. The book of Francisco Rodrigues. Original Portuguese texts. Bibliography (p. 533-540)


Pilot guides--East Asia.
Voyages and travels.


East Asia--Description and travel.

DS506 / .P5713 1944

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