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 /
These three narratives are representative of a number of shipwrecks of homeward-bound ships off the coast of Natal where the survivors tried to march overland to the Portuguese trading stations. They give information about the obverse side of Portuguese East India trade and about the historical ethn...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translation of selections from: Historia trágico-marítima compiled by Bernardo Gomes de Brito. |
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Cambridge :
Published by the Hakluyt Society at the University Press,
1959.
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| Series: | Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ;
2nd ser., no. 112. |
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| Summary: | These three narratives are representative of a number of shipwrecks of homeward-bound ships off the coast of Natal where the survivors tried to march overland to the Portuguese trading stations. They give information about the obverse side of Portuguese East India trade and about the historical ethnography of South East Africa. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 297 pages : illustrations, portrait, folded maps, facsimiles ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index. |