Kimble, George H. T. <br/><br/>
Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis, by Duarte Pacheco Pereira. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (248 pages) 
 - Hakluyt Society, Second Series .
 - Hakluyt Society, Second Series .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781409416852 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Africa -- Discovery and exploration.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>G282 -- .P33 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>960