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
1959, First Edition. Cambridge : Published by the Hakluyt Society at the University Press. Very good cloth copy in a very good dust-wrapper, slightly edge-nicked and sun-toned at the margins and spine. Dust-wrapper now housed in a mylar sleeve. Faint foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #476581
Series; Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 112. Physical description; xiv, 297 pages : illustrations, portrait, folded maps, facsimiles ; 23 cm. Notes; Translation of selections from: História trágico-marítima compiled by Bernardo Gomes de Brito. Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index. Contents; Narrative of the shipwreck of the great ship São Thomé, in the land of the Fumos, in the year 1589 / Diogo do Couto – Shipwreck of the great ship Santo Alberto, and itinerary of the people, who were saved from it, 1593 / João Baptista Lavanha – Treatise of the misfortune that befell the great ship São João Baptista, 1622 / Francisco Vaz d'Almada – Appendices: Pay and allowances of the complement of a typical Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1600 ; Provisions of an outward-bound Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1600 ; Allotment of deck and cargo space in a homeward-bound Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1600 ; Allowance of liberty-chests on board a Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1620. Subjects; Shipwrecks – Africa, Southern – History – 16th-17th centuries. Shipwrecks – Indian Ocean – History – 16th-17th centuries. Merchant marine – Portugal – History – 16th-17th centuries.
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