The book of Duarte Barbosa;
an account of the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants,
written by Duarte Barbosa and completed about the year 1518 A.D. Translated from the Portuguese text,first published in 1812 A.D., by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon, in Vol. II of its collection of documents regarding the history and geography of the nations beyond the seas, and edited and annotated by Mansel Longworth Dames.

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Main Author

Barbosa, Duarte, d. 1521.

Related Names

Dames, Mansel Longworth, 1850-1922.
Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521.

Language(s)

English ; Portuguese

Published

London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1918-1921.

Subjects

China > China / Description and travel.
Malay Archipelago > Malay Archipelago / Description and travel.
Malabar (India) > Malabar (India) / Description and travel.
India > India / Description and travel.
Iran > Iran / Description and travel.
Arabian Peninsula > Arabian Peninsula / Description and travel.
Africa, East > Africa, East / Description and travel.

Note

Also attributed to Fern~ao de Magalh~aes. Cf. Hakluyt Society. Works, v. 35, pref.; v. 39, "Note to the thirty-fifth publication."

Physical Description

2 v. front.(port.:v.2) fold. maps. 23cm.

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