The Suma oriental of Tome Pires : an account of the East, from the Red Sea to China, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515 ; and, The book of Francisco Rodrigues : Pilot-Major of the armada that discovered Banda and the Moluccas : rutter of a voyage in the red sea, nautical rules, almanack, and maps, written and drawn in the east before 1515 /

Pires, Tomé,

The Suma oriental of Tome Pires : an account of the East, from the Red Sea to China, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515 ; and, The book of Francisco Rodrigues : Pilot-Major of the armada that discovered Banda and the Moluccas : rutter of a voyage in the red sea, nautical rules, almanack, and maps, written and drawn in the east before 1515 / edited by Armando Cortesao. - New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 2005. - 2 v. (xcvi, 578 p., xlii leaves of plates (some folded)) : ill., maps ;

"Translated from the Portuguese MS in the Bibliothèque de la Chambre des Députes, Paris." "The book of Francisco Rodrigues": p. 290-305. Two folded maps in pocket inside v. 1, p. 3 of cover (measuring 24 x 41 cm. folded to 12 x 21 cm.). Reprint. Originally published: London : Hakluyt Society, 1944.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-540) and index.


English and Portuguese.

8120605357 8120605993


Navigation--Orient--Early works to 1800.

915.04 PIR.S.2