European Expansion and Indigenous Response Ser.: <i>Em Nome de Deus</i>: the Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco Da Gama to India, 1497-1499 : The Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco Da Gama to India, 1497-1499 by Vasco Da Gama (2009, Hardcover)
The voyage of Vasco da Gama to India (1497-1499) was one of the seminal events of the Renaissance period. An anonymous Journal kept by a member of his fleet has long served as the main documentary source for accounts of this voyage. Strangely, there has only been one English translation of this important document, published more than a century ago. This book provides a new, updated English translation of the Journal with extensive editorial notes and appendices which encompass and reflect changes in the historiography over the last century on Vasco da Gama and his first voyage. In doing so, it examines initial Portuguese impressions when confronted by the cultures of Africa and India during this period.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Brill
ISBN-10
9004176438
ISBN-13
9789004176430
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102957908
Product Key Features
Author
Vasco da Gama
Publication Name
<i>Em Nome de Deus</i>: the Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco Da Gama to India, 1497-1499 : The Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco Da Gama to India, 1497-1499
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Series
European Expansion and Indigenous Response Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
Xiv, 184 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
4
Lc Classification Number
G401.G3g355 2009
Table of Content
PrefaceIntroductionBackground to VoyageVasco da GamaCommand of the 1497 FleetThe Fleet and its PreparationsThe ManuscriptDebate on AuthorshipSignificanceRavenstein's First English EditionDa Gama's DepartureThe Voyage The Atlantic: Lisbon to the Cape of Good HopeFrom Santiago to the Bay of Saint HelenaThe African CoastDoubling the Cape of Good HopeThe Bay of São BrásFrom São Brás to MalindiNatal and the Land of Boa GenteRio dos Bons SinaisMozambiqueThe Shoals of São RafaelMombasaMalindiAcross the Arabian SeaCalicutFirst Audience with the SamorinA 'Christian Church'Presents for the SamorinA Second AudiencePandaraneThe Fleet off CalicutThe Return VoyageAnjedivaMogadishuMalindiThe Cape of Good HopeThe Journal EndsKingdoms to the South of CalicutAbout ElephantsPrices of Spices at AlexandriaThe Language of Calicut Appendix I: Men in Da Gama's FleetAppendix II: Accounts of Correia and CastanhedaAppendix III: Contemporary LettersD. Manuel I to Ferdinand and IsabellaD. Manuel I to Cardinal Protector D. Jorge da CostaFirst Two Letters of Girolamo SernigiAppendix IV: Honors Granted to Vasco da GamaD. Manuel's Grant of 24 December 1499D. Manuel's Grant of 10 January 1500Appendix V: Da Gama's Sailing Instructions to CabralAppendix VI: Calcoen: Da Gama's Second VoyageBibliographyIndex
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Adventurers & Explorers, Asia / India & South Asia, Europe / General