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Author Barbosa, Duarte, -1521.

Title The book of Duarte Barbosa, an account of the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants / written by Duarte Barbosa, and completed about the year 1518 A.D. : including the coasts of East Africa, Arabia, Persia and Western India as far as the Kingdom of Vijayanagar ; edited by Mansel Longworth Dames
Published Farnham, England : Ashgate, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (lxxxv, 238 xxxix pages) : map
Series The book of Duarte Barbosa ; v. 1
Works Issued by the Haklyut Society ; 2nd ser., no. 44
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 44.
Contents Cover; CONTENTS OF VOLUME I; MAPS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; I. PORTUGUESE HISTORIES AND NARRATIVES; II. EASTERN TRAVELS; III. HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY; IV. ORIENTAL AUTHORITIES; V. ETHNOGRAPHY; VI. NUMISMATICS; VII. MISCELLANEOUS; VIII. WORKS PUBLISHED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY; INTRODUCTION; APPENDIX TO INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION OF THE PORTUGUESE EDITORS TO THE EDITION OF 1813; DUARTE BARBOSA'S PREFACE; TEXT; 1. FIRSTLY, THE CAPE OF SAM SABASTIAM; 2. THE ISLANDS WHICH THEY CALL THEGREAT HUCICAS; 3. THE LESSER HUCICAS IN THE RIVERS; 4. COFALA; 5. THE GREAT KINGDOM OF BENAMETAPA; 6. ZIMBAOCHE; 7. CUAMA
8. angoya9. mozambique; 10. quiloa; 11. mombaca; 12. melinde; 13. the island of sam lourenco; 14. pemba, mamfia and zinzibar; 15. patee and lemon; 16. of the city of brava; 17. magadoxo; 18. afum; 19. the cape of guardafuy; 20. metee; 21. barbora; 22. zeila; 23. dalaqua; 24. maqua; 25. the great realm of the preste joam; 26. cues; 27. the mount sinay; 28. eliobom and medina; 29. juda, a seaport; 30. meca; 31. jasam, aly, e alhor; 32. obeda, babelmandel; 33. camaram; 34. the city of adem; 35. the kingdom of fartaque; 36. the cape of fartaque. cacotara; 37. xaer; 38. dofar; 39. char
40. the kingdom of ormus in arabia41. the kingdom of ormus in persia; 42. the islands of the kingdom of ormus; 43. lands of the xeque ismael; 44. the fortress of baqora; 45. the fair city of ormus; 46. kingdom of diul; 47. the kingdom of guzerate; 48. the king of guzerate's kingdom of cambaya; 49. the city of champanel; 50. the city of andava; 51. patenexy; 52. quriate, mangalor; 53. dio; 54. guogarim; 55. barbasy; 56. guindarim; 57. the fair city of cambaya; 58. limadura; 59. reynel; 60. curate; 61. dinuy; 62. baxay; 63. tana-majambu
64. end of the kingdom of guzarate, and a short relation regarding the merchandize found therein65. the daquem kingdom; 66. chaul; 67. danda; 68. mandaba; 69. dabul; 70. cinguicar; 71. the river of betele and the towns thereon; 72. bamda; 73. goa; 74. cintacora; 75. kingdom of narsyngua, province of tolinate; 76. mergen; 77. honor; 78. baticala; 79. majandur; 80. bacanor and bracalor; 81. mangalor; 82. cumbola; 83. of the kingdom of narsyngua properly so-called, and of its greatness; 84. the great city of bisnagua; 85. the kingdom of otisa; 86. the kingdom of dely
Summary Annotation 'Translated from the Portuguese Text First Published in 1812 A.D. by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon, in Vol. II of its Collection of Documents regarding the History and Geography of the Nations beyond the Seas', edited and annotated. With a translation of chapter 2, the history of Rander, from Narmashankar's 'Principal events of Surat'. Continued in Second Series 49. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1918
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject TRAVEL -- Asia -- General.
Travel
SUBJECT Africa, East -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001592
Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel
Iran -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067888
India -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064883
Malabar Coast (India) -- Description and travel
Malay Archipelago -- Description and travel
China -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024006
Subject Africa, East
Arabian Peninsula
Asia -- Malay Archipelago
China
India
India -- Malabar Coast
Iran
Form Electronic book
Author Dames, Mansel Longworth
ISBN 9781409416500
140941650X
1409416550
9781409416555