Title The tragic history of the sea, 1589-1622 narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen São Thomé (1589), Santo Alberto (1593), São João Baptista (1622), and the journeys of the survivors in South East Africa. Edited from the original Portuguese, by C.R. Boxer

Published Cambridge, Published by the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1959

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) illustrations, portrait, maps, facsimiles Series Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 112 Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 112. Contents Narrative of the shipwreck of the great ship São Thomé, in the land of the Fumos, in the year 1589 / Diogo do Couto -- Shipwreck of the great ship Santo Alberto, and itinerary of the people, who were saved from it, 1593 / João Baptista Lavanha -- Treatise of the misfortune that befell the great ship São João Baptista, 1622 / Francisco Vaz d'Almada -- Appendices. Pay and allowances of the complement of a typical Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1600 -- Provisions of an outward-bound Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1600 -- Allotment of deck and cargo space in a homeward-bound Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1600 -- Allowance of liberty-chests on board a Portuguese East Indiaman, c. 1620 Summary These three narratives are representative of a number of shipwrecks of homeward-bound ships off the coast of Natal where the survivors tried to march overland to the Portuguese trading stations. They give information about the obverse side of Portuguese East India trade and about the historical ethnography of South East Africa Analysis Africa, East Description and travel Merchant marine Portugal Shipwrecks Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index Notes Translation of selections from: Historia trágico-marítima compiled by Bernardo Gomes de Brito Print version record Subject Shipwrecks. Merchant marine -- Portugal shipwrecks. HISTORY -- Europe -- Spain & Portugal. Merchant marine Shipwrecks Travel SUBJECT Africa, East -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001592 Africa, Eastern -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001599 Subject Eastern Africa Africa, East Portugal Form Electronic book Author Boxer, C. R. (Charles Ralph), 1904-2000. ISBN 9781409417170 1409417174 9781409417194 1409414809 9781409414803 1409414787 9781409414780 1409417190 9781409417194

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