Further Selections from the Tragic History of the Sea, 1559-1565 : Narratives of the Shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Aguia and Garça (1559), São Paulo (1561) and the Misadventures of the Brazil-Ship Santo Antonio (1565).

COVER -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- A. Diogo do Couto and the loss of the Aguia and Garga -- B. Henrique Dias and the loss of the Sao Paulo -- C. Jorge d'Albuquerque Coelho and the misadventures of the Santo Antonio -- NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE AGUIA AND GARCA, 1559-60 BY DIOGO DO COUTO -- SHIPWRECK OF THE SAO PAULO AND ITINERARY OF THE SURVIVORS BY HENRIQUE DIAS -- MISADVENTURES OF THE SANTO ANTONIO AND JORGE 'ALBUQUERQUE BY AFONSO LUIS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- (A) Texts translated in the present work -- (B) Fuller titles of selected authorities quoted in the footnotes -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X.

'Being about to write down the disastrous voyage of this great ship, it occurred to me how rash men are in their undertakings, chief among which, or one of the greatest is confiding their lives to four planks lashed together, and to the discretion of the furious winds.

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