TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kimble,George H.T.
TI  - Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis, by Duarte Pacheco Pereira
T2  - Hakluyt Society, Second Series
SN  - 9781409416852
AV  - G282 -- .P33 2010eb 
U1  - 960 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Hakluyt Society
KW  - Africa -- Discovery and exploration
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2004650
ER  -