Esmeraldo de situ orbis
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Title |
Esmeraldo de situ orbis / by Duarte Pacheco Perira edited by George H.T. Kimble. |
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Publisher |
London : Routledge |
Creation Date |
2016 |
Notes |
First published by Ashgate Pub. Reprinted from the 1937 edition. "Select bibliography": p. [xxxiii]-xxxv. English |
Content |
chapter Prologue: The beginning of the Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis -- chapter The First Book, with a description of the greater circles and property of the earth -- chapter The Second Book, describing the discoveries of King Afonso V of Portugal -- chapter The Third Book, concerning the discoveries of King John II of Portugal -- chapter The Fourth Book, containing the discoveries of King Manuel of Portugal -- chapter I The Senegal-Niger-Nile controversy -- chapter II “There are other snakes a quarter of a league long -- chapter III The silent Barter -- chapter IV Note on the Map to illustrate the Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis. |
Series |
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society 2nd ser., no. 79 |
Extent |
xxxv, 193 p. : ill., maps. |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010705150605171 |
MARC RECORDS
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