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The tragic history of the sea, 1589-1622 : narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen São Thomé (1589), Santo Alberto (1593), São João Baptista (1622), and the journeys of the survivors in South East Africa / Edited from the original Portuguese, by C.R. Boxer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Portuguese Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. 2nd ser. ; ; no. 112.Publication details: Cambridgem Eng. : Published by the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1959.Description: xiv, 297 p. : ill., port., fold. maps, facsims. ; 23 cmUniform titles:
  • Historia trágico-marítima. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT365.2 .B7513 1959
Contents:
MAPS INTRODUCTION : A. The Carreira da India - B. The writers and their narratives ; (i) Diogo do Couto and the loss of the Sao Tbomé - (ii) Joao Baptista Lavanha and the loss of the Santo Alberto - (iii) Francisco Vaz d'Almada and the loss of the Sao Joao Baptista -- Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Great Ship Sao Thomé, in the land of the Fumos, in the year 1589. By Diogo do Couto - Shipwreck of the Great Ship Santo Alberto, and Itinerary of the People, who were saved from it, 1593. By Joao Baptista Lavanha - Treatise of the Misfortune that befell the Great Ship Sao Joao Baptista, 1622. By Francisco Vaz d’Almada -- APPENDIXES: A. Pay and allowances of the complement of a typical Portuguese East Indiaman, C. 1600 - B. Provisions of an outward-bound Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1600 - C. Allotment of deck and cargo space in a homeward-bound Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1600 - D. Allowance of liberty-chests on board a Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1620 -- SKETCH-M AP S : Fig. 1. The Carreira da India, 1589-1622 - 2. The itinerary of the castaways from the Sao Thomé, 1589 - 3. The coast between Santa Lucia Bay and Inhambane - 4. The coast between Lourenço Marques and the Zambesi delta - 5. The itinerary of the castaways from the Santo Alberto, 1593 - 6. The itinerary of the castaways from the São João Baptista, 127 1622–3.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-288) and index.

MAPS INTRODUCTION : A. The Carreira da India - B. The writers and their narratives ; (i) Diogo do Couto and the loss of the Sao Tbomé - (ii) Joao Baptista Lavanha and the loss of the Santo Alberto - (iii) Francisco Vaz d'Almada and the loss of the Sao Joao Baptista -- Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Great Ship Sao Thomé, in the land of the Fumos, in the year 1589. By Diogo do Couto - Shipwreck of the Great Ship Santo Alberto, and Itinerary of the People, who were saved from it, 1593. By Joao Baptista Lavanha - Treatise of the Misfortune that befell the Great Ship Sao Joao Baptista, 1622. By Francisco Vaz d’Almada -- APPENDIXES: A. Pay and allowances of the complement of a typical Portuguese East Indiaman, C. 1600 - B. Provisions of an outward-bound Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1600 - C. Allotment of deck and cargo space in a homeward-bound Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1600 - D. Allowance of liberty-chests on board a Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1620 -- SKETCH-M AP S : Fig. 1. The Carreira da India, 1589-1622 - 2. The itinerary of the castaways from the Sao Thomé, 1589 - 3. The coast between Santa Lucia Bay and Inhambane - 4. The coast between Lourenço Marques and the Zambesi delta - 5. The itinerary of the castaways from the Santo Alberto, 1593 - 6. The itinerary of the castaways from the São João Baptista, 127 1622–3.

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