Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis, by Duarte Pacheco Pereira.
Kimble, George H. T.
Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis, by Duarte Pacheco Pereira. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages) - Hakluyt Society, Second Series . - Hakluyt Society, Second Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Preface -- Introduction -- Select Bibliography -- Prologue: The beginning of the Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis -- The First Book, with a description of the greater circles and property of the earth -- The Second Book, describing the discoveries of King Afonso V of Portugal -- The Third Book, concerning the discoveries of King John II of Portugal -- The Fourth Book, containing the discoveries of King Manuel of Portugal -- Appendices -- I The Senegal-Niger-Nile controversy -- II "There are other snakes a quarter of a league long -- III The silent Barter -- IV Note on the Map to illustrate the Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis -- Index.
The translation and edition of a Portuguese account of the coasts of Africa and their discovery, written c.1505-1508. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1937.
9781409416852
Africa -- Discovery and exploration.
Electronic books.
G282 -- .P33 2010eb
960
Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis, by Duarte Pacheco Pereira. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages) - Hakluyt Society, Second Series . - Hakluyt Society, Second Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Preface -- Introduction -- Select Bibliography -- Prologue: The beginning of the Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis -- The First Book, with a description of the greater circles and property of the earth -- The Second Book, describing the discoveries of King Afonso V of Portugal -- The Third Book, concerning the discoveries of King John II of Portugal -- The Fourth Book, containing the discoveries of King Manuel of Portugal -- Appendices -- I The Senegal-Niger-Nile controversy -- II "There are other snakes a quarter of a league long -- III The silent Barter -- IV Note on the Map to illustrate the Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis -- Index.
The translation and edition of a Portuguese account of the coasts of Africa and their discovery, written c.1505-1508. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1937.
9781409416852
Africa -- Discovery and exploration.
Electronic books.
G282 -- .P33 2010eb
960