Barbosa, Duarte, d. 1521

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. 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 and edited and annotated by Mansel Longworth Dames - London : Hakluyt Society, 1918-1921 - lxxxv, 238, xxxix p. : ports., maps ; 23 cm. - Works issued by the Hakluyt society, 2d ser ; no. 44, 49 .

Also attributed to Fernao de Magalhaes. Cf. Hakluyt Society. Works, v. 35, pref.; v. 39, "Note to the thirty-fifth publication." Includes index

Vol. 1. Including the coasts of East Africa, Arabia, Persiaand western India as far as the kingdom of Vijayanagar. -- v. 2. Including the coasts of Malabar, eastern India, further India, Chinaand the Indian archipelago


Voyages and travels


Africa, East--Description and travel
Arabian Peninsula--Description and travel
Iran--Description and travel
India--Description and travel
Malabar (India)--Description and travel
Malay Archipelago--Description and travel
China--Description and travel

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