Discoveries of the World - From their First Original Unto the Year of our Lord 1555 (Paperback)

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, published in 1862, contains a sixteenth-century Portuguese text first published in translation by Hakluyt himself in 1601; both the original Portuguese and a modified version of Hakluyt's translation are given on each page. The author, Ant nio Galvano (1503 1557), distinguished himself as Governor of the Moluccas, but fell out of favour on his return to Portugal and died in poverty. His book traces the history of exploration from 'the time of the Flood' to 1555.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series
Release date:	April 2010
First published:	December 2009
Authors:	Antonio Galvano
Translators:	Richard Haykluyt
Editors:	C. R. Drinkwater Bethune
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-01042-9
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Portuguese
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	1-108-01042-3
Barcode:	9781108010429

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