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Portuguese Voyages, 1498-1663. Tales from the Great Age of Discovery
Door C.D. Ley
Categorie | Ontdekkingsreizen & Expedities |
|---|---|
Boeknummer | #408753-XT16 |
Titel | Portuguese Voyages, 1498-1663. Tales from the Great Age of Discovery |
Auteur | Ley, C.D. (edited by) |
Boektype | Paperback |
Uitgeverij | London : Phoenix Press |
Jaar van uitgave | 2000 |
ISBN10 | 184212109X |
Taal | Engels |
Beschrijving | Paperback, 8vo. |
Samenvatting | Drawing from contemporary accounts, thus giving the human record, this is the story of the great Portuguese Age of Discovery. The volume contains seven pieces, themselves extracts from contemporary works and covers the opening of the ocean routes, the conquest of Brazil and the spread of Christianity. The seven texts are: The Route to India 1497-8 from Vasco da Gama's First Voyage ; The Discovery of Brazil 1500; The Lands of Prester John 1520-6; The Furthest East, 1537-8 from The Voyages and Adventures of Fernand Mendes Pinto ; The Tragic History of the Sea 1552 and 1585; The Jesuits in Abyssinia from A Voyage to Abyssinia ; and Overland Return from India , 1663. |
Pagina's | 360 |
Conditie | Goed |
Prijs | € 9,00 |
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