The book of Duarte Barbosa : an account of the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inh...
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 ... and edited and annotated by Mansel Longworth Dames.
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Publisher
London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1918-1921.
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Date
1918-1921.
Call Numbers
9/259 Ser. 2, No. 49 , 9/259 Ser. 2, No. 44
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Language
English
Portuguese
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Physical Description
Physical content
2 v. (lxxxv, 238, xxxix; xxxi, 286, xliii p.), [5] leaves of plates : folded maps, port ; 23 cm.
Contents
v. 1. Including the coasts of East Africa, Arabia, Persia and western India as far as the Kingdom of Vijayanagar -- v. 2. Including the coasts of Malabar, Eastern India, further India, China and the Indian Archipelago.
Publication information
Publisher
London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1918-1921.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1918-1921.
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Full title
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 ... and edited and annotated by Mansel Longworth Dames.
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Notes
General note
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 44, 49.
Attributed also to Fernão de Magalhães. Cf. Hakluyt Society. Works, v. 35, preface; v. 39, "Note to the thirty-fifth publication."
Folded map in pocket.
Last section of each volume contains information on the Society and its publications.
Dixson Library copy at 9/259 : map folded in back of v. 1....
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9/259 Ser. 2, No. 49 , 9/259 Ser. 2, No. 44
Record Identifier
74VvrJQ0xQBA
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910.4
MMS ID
991011282499702626
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